• A & A case reports · Sep 2016

    Case Reports

    Paraplegia After Thoracic Epidural Steroid Injection.

    • Vivek Loomba, Hirsh Kaveeshvar, and Samvid Dwivedi.
    • From the *Department of Anesthesiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan; and †Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.
    • A A Case Rep. 2016 Sep 1; 7 (5): 118-21.

    AbstractEpidural steroid injections are a common procedure performed by pain physicians. The American Society of Regional Anesthesia along with several other groups recently provided guidelines for performing epidural injections in the setting of anticoagulants. We present a case of a patient who developed an epidural hematoma and subsequent paraplegia despite strict adherence to these guidelines. Although new guidelines serve to direct practice, risks of devastating neurologic complications remain as evidenced by our case.

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