• Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd · Mar 1994

    Case Reports

    [An abscess as an unexpected complication following epidural anesthesia].

    • W A Hoefnagels, G E van Poucke, J W Casselman, J G van Kleef, and L T Vannerem.
    • Antonius Ziekenhuis, afd. Neurologie, Oostburg.
    • Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1994 Mar 12;138(11):580-2.

    AbstractA 58-year-old man underwent surgery for an inguinal hernia. Surgery was performed under epidural anaesthesia. The patient afterwards developed increasing low back pain. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an epidural abscess, which was drained by laminectomy. The patient recovered without neurological sequelae.

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