title: Technical problems with 32-gauge microcatheters in continuous spinal anaesthesia.
abstract: Technical problems with microspinal catheters for continuous spinal anaesthesia (CSA) are not unknown. The present case report deals with two unusual technical complications in CSA with 32-gauge spinal catheters. The first case shows a catheter with extraordinary elongation due to breakage of the embedded stylet. The second case shows a tear in the extracorporeal part of the catheter with leakage of the local anaesthetic and consequently failed spinal anaesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Standl
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Beck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors