Cauda equina syndrome following combined spinal and epidural anesthesia with levobupivacaine

Minerva Anestesiol. 2013 Dec;79(12):1445-6. Epub 2013 Jul 9.

Authors

M Carron¹, A Behr, C Ori

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Padua, Padua, Italy - [email protected].

PMID: 23839322

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Anesthesia, Epidural / adverse effects*
Anesthesia, Spinal / adverse effects*
Anesthetics, Local / adverse effects*
Bupivacaine / adverse effects
Bupivacaine / analogs & derivatives*
Female
Hip Fractures / surgery
Humans
Levobupivacaine
Polyradiculopathy / chemically induced*
Postoperative Complications / chemically induced
Postoperative Complications / physiopathology

Substances

Anesthetics, Local
Levobupivacaine
Bupivacaine