Spinal anesthesia in a patient with postoperative iatrogenic pseudomeningocele: A case report
10.17085/apm.2018.13.1.107
- Author:
Jae Woo LEE
1
;
Hyoseok KANG
;
Eun Su CHOI
;
Jin Wook SEOL
;
Sojin SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Nowon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hskang0108@eulji.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Arachnoid cyst;
Spinal anesthesia
- MeSH:
Anesthesia, Spinal;
Cerebrospinal Fluid;
Humans;
Lower Extremity;
Spine;
Tears
- From:Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
2018;13(1):107-110
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Although spinal anesthesia is one of the most reliable anesthetic techniques in clinical practice, failures may occur in daily practice at rare occasions. Their causes are diverse and they include anatomical structural variations. In particular, postoperative anatomical changes often occur in patients who have undergone spine surgery and may cause failures of spinal anesthesia. Postoperative pseudomeningocele constitutes extradural cerebrospinal fluid collected from a dural tear and it is considered a very rare complication of spine surgery. We describe the case where a patient with unexpected postoperative iatrogenic pseudomeningocele received lower extremity surgery under spinal anesthesia.
