A Case Report of Caudal Migration of a Lumbar Epidural Catheter Confirmed by Doppler Ultrasound: Ultrasound to the Rescue!

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作者：
Chaitanya, Krishna U. [1 ]
Dhananjay, D. N. [1 ]
Kumar, Mahendra K. [1 ]
Vinaik, Tulika [1 ]
机构：
[1] Sakra World Hosp, Dept Anaesthesiol, Bengaluru, India
来源：
CUREUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE | 2024年 / 16卷 / 03期
关键词：
postoperative analgesia; colour flow doppler; ultrasound; catheter migration; epidural failure; ANESTHESIA; ANALGESIA; PLACEMENT; LOCATION;
D O I：
10.7759/cureus.55879
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要：
Combined spinal -epidural anaesthesia is an excellent technique for providing intraoperative and postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty. Epidural catheters threaded through a Tuohy needle with a cephalad needle bevel orientation follow a winding pattern within the epidural space. Caudal or downward migration of an epidural catheter may lead to unsatisfactory anaesthesia and epidural failure. Colour flow Doppler sonography is emerging as an effective technique to determine the epidural catheter tip position. We report an interesting case of caudal migration of a lumbar epidural catheter confirmed by colour flow Doppler ultrasound.
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