Facial nerve paralysis and partial brachial plexopathy after epidural blood patch: a case report and review of the literature

Radi Shahien, Abdalla BowirratDepartment of Neurology, Ziv Medical Center, Zfat, IsraelAbstract: We report a complication related to epidural analgesia for delivery in a 24-year-old woman who was admitted with mild pre-eclampsia and for induction of labor. At the first postpartum day she developed a...

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Main Authors: Radi Shahien, Abdalla Bowirrat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2011-02-01
Series:Journal of Pain Research
Online Access:http://www.dovepress.com/facial-nerve-paralysis-and-partial-brachial-plexopathy-after-epidural--a6191