title: Acute cauda equina syndrome after total knee arthroplasty as a result of epidural anesthesia and spinal stenosis.
abstract: An unusual complication of epidural anesthesia performed for routine total knee arthroplasty is presented. Epidural catheter placement or removal resulted in an acute cauda equina syndrome in a patient with asymptomatic high-grade lumbar spinal stenosis at L3-4. The case is presented along with a literature review.
authors.affiliation: Deaconess Hospital, and Musculoskeletal Research Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Stambough
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Stambough
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011128:Polyradiculopathy / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000150:complications*