Muscle Relaxant or Prone Position, Which One Unfastened the Entrapped Epidural Catheter?

Muscle Relaxant or Prone Position, Which One Unfastened the Entrapped Epidural Catheter? Publisher

Zanjani AP¹ ; Mirzashahi B² ; Emami A¹ ; Hassani M¹

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1. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Keshavarz Blvd., Tehran, Iran
2. Department of Orthopedics, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia Published:2015

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Some nonsurgical steps have been introduced to remove an entrapped catheter. But occasionally, the majority of them fail, and we are forced to extract the catheter through an invasive procedure. This article depicts our team's experience on the issue. When we found that the inserted epidural catheter was entrapped, we performed all recommended noninvasive maneuvers to release the catheter, but no progress was achieved. Therefore, after obtaining informed consent, we induced anesthesia and changed her to a prone position to explore her back. The intact catheter was removed easily in this stage. The authors believe, in this process, it would have been better if they had tried pulling the catheter in a prone position as a preliminary step. Furthermore, pulling the catheter in a prone position after injecting a muscle relaxant appeared to be more effective and saved the patient from the scheduled surgery. © 2015, Medical Knowledge. All rights reserved.

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MLA	Zanjani AP, et al.. "Muscle Relaxant or Prone Position, Which One Unfastened the Entrapped Epidural Catheter?." Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, vol. 9, no. 3, 2015, pp. 324-326.
APA	Zanjani AP, Mirzashahi B, Emami A, Hassani M (2015). Muscle Relaxant or Prone Position, Which One Unfastened the Entrapped Epidural Catheter?. Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 9(3), 324-326.
Chicago	Zanjani AP, Mirzashahi B, Emami A, Hassani M. "Muscle Relaxant or Prone Position, Which One Unfastened the Entrapped Epidural Catheter?." Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia 9, no. 3 (2015): 324-326.
Harvard	Zanjani AP et al. (2015) 'Muscle Relaxant or Prone Position, Which One Unfastened the Entrapped Epidural Catheter?', Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 9(3), pp. 324-326.
Vancouver	Zanjani AP, Mirzashahi B, Emami A, Hassani M. Muscle Relaxant or Prone Position, Which One Unfastened the Entrapped Epidural Catheter?. Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia. 2015;9(3):324-326.
BibTex	@article{ author = {Zanjani AP and Mirzashahi B and Emami A and Hassani M}, title = {Muscle Relaxant or Prone Position, Which One Unfastened the Entrapped Epidural Catheter?}, journal = {Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia}, volume = {9}, number = {3}, pages = {324-326}, year = {2015} }
RIS	TY - JOUR AU - Zanjani AP AU - Mirzashahi B AU - Emami A AU - Hassani M TI - Muscle Relaxant or Prone Position, Which One Unfastened the Entrapped Epidural Catheter? JO - Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia VL - 9 IS - 3 SP - 324 EP - 326 PY - 2015 ER -

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