title: Spinal cord compression following labor and delivery with epidural analgesia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore.
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Mokriski
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Gillies
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Martz
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Keene
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Malinow
mesh_terms: 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