Adhesions in the epidural space caused by frequent epidural blocks

We report a case of adhesions in the epidural space caused by more than 200 times epidural blocks that were observed with epiduroscopy. A 41-year-old man had repeatedly undergone lumbar epidural blocks to treat pain in his leg, resulting in decreased efficacy of the epidural block. We described endo...

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Autores principales: Shimada, Nobuhiro, Igarashi, Takashi, Murai, Kunihiko, Hara, Tetsuhito, Kuramochi, Tomoko, Takeuchi, Mamoru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5804652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29457101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40981-017-0128-z
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Sumario:We report a case of adhesions in the epidural space caused by more than 200 times epidural blocks that were observed with epiduroscopy. A 41-year-old man had repeatedly undergone lumbar epidural blocks to treat pain in his leg, resulting in decreased efficacy of the epidural block. We described endoscopic findings that these adhesions were mostly consisted of adhesions formed from the soft connective tissue.

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