title: Use of the peridural catheter with subcutaneous port in a 13-year-old girl: 120 anesthesia procedures in 31 months.
abstract: The authors report their experience using a peridural catheter with a subcutaneous port. This was used to obtain 120 peridural anesthesia inductions during a program of surgical debridement in a 13-year-old girl. The authors advocate the use of epidural dexamethasone to treat the ineffective anesthetic injection through a long-lasting catheter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, University of Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zadra
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ambrosio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piranese
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giusti
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction / Q000379:methods*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D003082:Colectomy; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000601:surgery; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods*; D004388:Dura Mater; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010502:Perineum