Multiple kinking in a single epidural catheter; rare complication or a defect in the catheter?
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Abstract
This a case of multiple kinks observed in an epidural cather placed in a paediatric patient. There have been reports mentioning two or three kinks in an epidural catheter, but we found a particularly rare scenario in which six kinks could be appreciated in the epidural catheter.
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[3] Tandon M, Pandey CK, Pandey VK. Epidural catheter kinking over the scapular margins. Indian J Anaesth. 2013;57(3):318-9.
[4] Sexton AJ. Double kinking of a thoracic catheter within the epidural space. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2012; 40:732–3.
[5] Aslanidis T, Fileli A, Pyrgos P. Management and visualization of a kinked epidural catheter. Hippokratia. 2010; 14:294–6.
[6] Beamer J, French GW. A simple method for testing for the kinking epidural catheter. Anaesthesia. 2000; 55(12):1233-4.
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| Issue | Vol 7 No 3 (2021): Summer |
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| Section | Letter to Editor | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.18502/aacc.v7i3.6914 | |
| Keywords | ||
| Epidural catheter malpositioned epidural kinked epidural paediatric epidural | ||
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Dhar M, Anilakumari D, Shajahan MS, Gupta V. Multiple kinking in a single epidural catheter; rare complication or a defect in the catheter?. Arch Anesth & Crit Care. 2021;7(3):199-200.
