Spinal cord compression following labor and delivery with epidural analgesia
Simon, J.N.; Mokriski, B.K.; Gillies, B.S.; Martz, D.G.; Keene, C.L.; Malinow, A.M.
Regional Anesthesia 14(5): 256-258
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0146-521X PMID: 2535023 Document Number: 343848
Transient back pain is not uncommon during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Following an epidural anesthetic, back pain persisted in a postpartum patient beyond the expected period of soreness. Further diagnostic evaluation led to diagnosis and surgical decompression of a herniated thoracic disc.
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