"Dry tap" during spinal anaesthesia turns out to be epidural abscess

We report a case of "dry tap" during spinal anaesthesia in a patient posted for incision and drainage of lower limb with cellulitis. When the patient was being given sub-arachnoid block (SAB) for regional anaesthesia, it turned out to be a case of pyogenic ilio-psoas abscess extended up to...

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Main Authors: Dinesh Kumar Sahu, Vinca Kaul, Reena Parampill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2012;volume=56;issue=3;spage=287;epage=290;aulast=Sahu