Trigeminal nerve and facial nerve palsy after combined spinal-epidural anesthesia for cesarean section.
A case of emergency cesarean section due to a prolonged second stage of labor in a 29 year-old woman is presented. She had trigeminal nerve and facial nerve palsy after combined spinal-epidural anesthesia for cesarean section.
Fang
Jie-Yu
JY
Department of Anesthesia, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P.R. China.
Lin
Jian-Wen
JW
Li
Qiang
Q
Jiang
Nan
N
Gao
Yu
Y
D000328:Adult; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000379:methods*; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D020433:Trigeminal Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*