Another knotted epidural catheter.
A lumbar epidural catheter inserted in a 24-year-old woman for labour analgesia, and subsequently used for post-caesarean epidural analgesia, proved difficult to remove. After multiple attempts, the entrapped catheter was dislodged intact, revealing a knot near its distal tip. Knotting of an epidural catheter leading to entrapment is a rare complication of epidural catheterization.
Macfarlane
J
J
Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, Perth, Western Australia.
Paech
M J
MJ
D000328:Adult; D015360:Analgesia, Epidural / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016362:Analgesia, Obstetrical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016058:Analgesia, Patient-Controlled / Q000295:instrumentation; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002585:Cesarean Section; D020878:Device Removal; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy