"Dry tap" during spinal anaesthesia turns out to be epidural abscess
Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: 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.
Source: Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Authors: DineshKumar Sahu, Vinca Kaul, Reena Parampill
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2074097656