Dural tear of unusual cause

Epidural analgesia is highly recommended in cancer anorectal surgery. In addition to the fight against pain it provides some benefit in allowing early rehabilitation of patients. One of the risks of this practice is the dural tear creating a cerebrospinal fluid leak (CSF) in the epidural space (EPD)...

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Published in:The Pan African medical journal 2015-02, Vol.20 (189), p.189-189
Main Authors: Kechna, Hicham, Loutid, Jaouad, Ouzzad, Omar, Hanafi, Sidi Mohamed, Hachimi, Moulay Ahmed
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analgesia, Epidural - adverse effects
Analgesia, Epidural - methods
Anus Neoplasms - surgery
Case Report
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak - etiology
Dura Mater - injuries
epidural anaesthesia
Epidural Space
headache
Humans
Middle Aged
post-dural puncture headache
Post-Dural Puncture Headache - etiology
Rectal Neoplasms - surgery
spinal analgesia
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Summary:Epidural analgesia is highly recommended in cancer anorectal surgery. In addition to the fight against pain it provides some benefit in allowing early rehabilitation of patients. One of the risks of this practice is the dural tear creating a cerebrospinal fluid leak (CSF) in the epidural space (EPD). Clinical features the typical positional headache, a procession of various more or less severe symptoms: nausea, vomiting, dizziness, visual or hearing impairment or radicular pain. We report a dural of unusual cause secondary of the obstruction of tuohy catheter by vertebral cartilage.
ISSN:1937-8688
1937-8688
DOI:10.11604/pamj.2015.20.189.6175