Catheter breakage during epidural anesthesia

Victor A. Koryachkin; M. P. Mal’tsev; M. A. Lis’kov; M. Mokhanna; Ye. V Geras’kov

doi:10.17816/RA36290

Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management ›› 2015, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (4) : 50 -53. DOI: 10.17816/RA36290

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Catheter breakage during epidural anesthesia

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Difficulties during epidural catheter removing occur rather rarely. We present the description of two such cases. Both of them were connected with using of Perifix ONE catheter. The paper discusses the reasons causing the difficulties during catheter removing, doctor’s tactics in similar situations, and indications for surgical extraction of the rest fragment of epidural catheter.

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epidural catheter / catheter breakage / catheter knotting

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Victor A. Koryachkin, M. P. Mal’tsev, M. A. Lis’kov, M. Mokhanna, Ye. V Geras’kov. Catheter breakage during epidural anesthesia. Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management, 2015, 9(4): 50-53 DOI:10.17816/RA36290

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