Bilateral Heel Numbness due to External Compression during Obstetric Epidural Analgesia

We describe the case of a 32-year-old woman who developed bilateral heel numbness after obstetric epidural analgesia. We diagnosed her with bilateral neuropathy of the medial calcaneal nerve, most likely due to longstanding pressure on both heels. Risk factors for the development of this neuropathy...

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Autores principales: Kamphuis, Vivian P., Zegers, Marie P.A., Koppen, Hille
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2015
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Published online: January, 2015
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4357682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25802500
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000375233
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author Kamphuis, Vivian P.
Zegers, Marie P.A.
Koppen, Hille
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description We describe the case of a 32-year-old woman who developed bilateral heel numbness after obstetric epidural analgesia. We diagnosed her with bilateral neuropathy of the medial calcaneal nerve, most likely due to longstanding pressure on both heels. Risk factors for the development of this neuropathy were prolonged labour with spinal analgesia and a continuation of analgesia during episiotomy. Padded footrests decrease pressure and can possibly prevent this neuropathy.
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spelling pubmed-43576822015-03-23 Bilateral Heel Numbness due to External Compression during Obstetric Epidural Analgesia Kamphuis, Vivian P. Zegers, Marie P.A. Koppen, Hille Case Rep Neurol Published online: January, 2015 We describe the case of a 32-year-old woman who developed bilateral heel numbness after obstetric epidural analgesia. We diagnosed her with bilateral neuropathy of the medial calcaneal nerve, most likely due to longstanding pressure on both heels. Risk factors for the development of this neuropathy were prolonged labour with spinal analgesia and a continuation of analgesia during episiotomy. Padded footrests decrease pressure and can possibly prevent this neuropathy. S. Karger AG 2015-01-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4357682/ /pubmed/25802500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000375233 Text en Copyright © 2015 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC) (www.karger.com/OA-license), applicable to the online version of the article only. Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published online: January, 2015
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Zegers, Marie P.A.
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Bilateral Heel Numbness due to External Compression during Obstetric Epidural Analgesia
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title_full Bilateral Heel Numbness due to External Compression during Obstetric Epidural Analgesia
title_fullStr Bilateral Heel Numbness due to External Compression during Obstetric Epidural Analgesia
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Heel Numbness due to External Compression during Obstetric Epidural Analgesia
title_short Bilateral Heel Numbness due to External Compression during Obstetric Epidural Analgesia
title_sort bilateral heel numbness due to external compression during obstetric epidural analgesia
topic Published online: January, 2015
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4357682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25802500
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000375233
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