title: Epidural abscess after multiple lumbar punctures for labour epidural catheter placement.
abstract: Epidural catheterization is routinely used by anaesthesiologists to provide labour and post-operative analgesia. In most cases, catheter placement is without serious side effects and uneventful. However, epidural abscess is a rare complication that may result in severe morbidity. We present a case of epidural abscess after labour epidural catheter placement in a healthy 36-year-old female who presented on post-partum d 10 with complaints of fever and back pain. She was treated with intravenous antibiotics and fully recovered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95817, USA.
authors.forename: Sundeep S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Tumber
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
keywords: abscess; analgesia; catheters; epidural; labour
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