Pneumocephalus following an epidural blood patch.
Pneumocephalus is a rare complication of epidural block. We report a case of pneumocephalus complicating an epidural blood patch performed 3 days after unintentional dural puncture. Pneumocephalus may occur during an epidural blood patch procedure, even if the epidural needle tip is within the epidural space.
Kawamata
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Department of Anesthesiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. kawamata@sapmed.ac.jp
Omote
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Matsumoto
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Toriyabe
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Ito
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Namiki
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D000368:Aged; D017217:Blood Patch, Epidural / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed