Spinal cord compression following labor and delivery with epidural analgesia.
Transient back pain is not uncommon during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Following an epidural anesthetic, back pain persisted in a postpartum patient beyond the expected period of soreness. Further diagnostic evaluation led to diagnosis and surgical decompression of a herniated thoracic disc.
Simon
J N
JN
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore.
Mokriski
B K
BK
Gillies
B S
BS
Martz
D G
DG
Keene
C L
CL
Malinow
A M
AM
D000328:Adult; D015360:Analgesia, Epidural; D016362:Analgesia, Obstetrical; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000209:etiology; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae