Trigeminal nerve palsy and Horner's syndrome following epidural analgesia for labor: a subdural block?

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 180-182

  De la Gala, F ^a   Reyes, A ^a   Avellanal, M ^a   Baticon P ^a   Gonzalez Zarco L M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Horner's syndrome; Subdural block; Trigeminal nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HORNER SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INFORMED CONSENT; LABOR; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; X RAY;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CATHETERIZATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; LABOR PAIN; LIDOCAINE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; SPINAL CANAL; SUBDURAL SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 33947183392     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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