• J Clin Anesth · Jun 2014

    Review Case Reports

    Broken spinal needle: case report and review of the literature.

    • Caroline Martinello, Ruby Rubio, Erin Hurwitz, Michelle Simon, and Rakesh B Vadhera.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555, USA. Electronic address: caromart@utmb.edu.
    • J Clin Anesth. 2014 Jun 1;26(4):321-4.

    AbstractThe occurrence of broken spinal and epidural needles has been reported. However, most case reports have focused primarily on prevention rather than on management. A broken spinal needle fragment was left in a patient before it was removed one month later due to back pain.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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