EPIDURAL ABSCESS FOLLOWING SPINAL-ANESTHE SIA IN A DIABETIC PATIENT

Authors
POPESCO D FODZO E YAGOUBI A DEKENS J TCHAOUSSOFF J
Citation
D. Popesco et al., EPIDURAL ABSCESS FOLLOWING SPINAL-ANESTHE SIA IN A DIABETIC PATIENT, Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation, 16(8), 1997, pp. 964-966
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation → ACNP
ISSN journal
07507658
Volume
16
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
964 - 966
Database
ISI
SICI code
0750-7658(1997)16:8<964:EAFSSI>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Infectious complications of spinal or epidural anaesthesia are rare, p articularly after spinal anaesthesia. Most of them consist of a mening itis. We report a case of epidural abscess due to Staphylococcus aureu s following spinal anaesthesia in a 62-year-old diabetic patient, diag nosed 45 days after the puncture with bacterial samples and magnetic r esonance imaging. The pejorative neurological outcome required a lamin ectomy in spite of an efficient anti-staphylococcal treatment.