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Regional anesthesia · Jan 1994
Case ReportsPostblock epidural hematoma causing paraplegia. Case report.
- P Ganjoo, A K Singh, V K Mishra, P K Singh, and D Bannerjee.
- Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
- Reg Anesth. 1994 Jan 1; 19 (1): 62-5.
Background And ObjectivesAn elderly man with no obvious preexisting coagulation disorder had paraplegia following epidural block for transurethral prostatectomy that was later found to be due to a large epidural hematoma requiring surgical decompression of the spinal cord.MethodsThere was a delay in starting treatment since the cause was not initially suspected.ResultsThe patient did not improve much after the operation.ConclusionsThe anesthesiologist should be alert to the possibility of epidural hematoma forming in otherwise normal patients to avoid such unfavorable outcomes.
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