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

"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
Subjects:
Dry tap
epidural abscess
spinal anaesthesia
sub-arachnoid block
Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2012;volume=56;issue=3;spage=287;epage=290;aulast=Sahu
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spelling doaj-5a1a349749734ddba86e78bac1937bfe2020-11-24T22:56:56ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Anaesthesia0019-50492012-01-0156328729010.4103/0019-5049.98779"Dry tap" during spinal anaesthesia turns out to be epidural abscessDinesh Kumar SahuVinca KaulReena ParampillWe 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 the paravertebral and epidural spaces. The causative organism was Staphylococcus aureus. This is probably the first case reported when epidural abscess is diagnosed during SAB.http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2012;volume=56;issue=3;spage=287;epage=290;aulast=SahuDry tapepidural abscessspinal anaesthesiasub-arachnoid block
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Reena Parampill
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Vinca Kaul
Reena Parampill
"Dry tap" during spinal anaesthesia turns out to be epidural abscess
Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Dry tap
epidural abscess
spinal anaesthesia
sub-arachnoid block
author_facet Dinesh Kumar Sahu
Vinca Kaul
Reena Parampill
author_sort Dinesh Kumar Sahu
title "Dry tap" during spinal anaesthesia turns out to be epidural abscess
title_short "Dry tap" during spinal anaesthesia turns out to be epidural abscess
title_full "Dry tap" during spinal anaesthesia turns out to be epidural abscess
title_fullStr "Dry tap" during spinal anaesthesia turns out to be epidural abscess
title_full_unstemmed "Dry tap" during spinal anaesthesia turns out to be epidural abscess
title_sort "dry tap" during spinal anaesthesia turns out to be epidural abscess
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
issn 0019-5049
publishDate 2012-01-01
description 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 the paravertebral and epidural spaces. The causative organism was Staphylococcus aureus. This is probably the first case reported when epidural abscess is diagnosed during SAB.
topic Dry tap
epidural abscess
spinal anaesthesia
sub-arachnoid block
url http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2012;volume=56;issue=3;spage=287;epage=290;aulast=Sahu
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