Breakage of Epidural Catheters: Case Report and Brief Review
1,2Vreden Russian Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, North-Western State Medical University named
after I.I. Mechnikov.
3Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint Petersburg
Victor A Koriachkin, Dmitriy V Zabolotskiy, “Breakage of Epidural Catheters: Case Report and Brief Review”,
American Research Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 1, no. 1, 2022, pp. 1-3.
Abstract
Difficulties in removing the epidural catheter are rare. In this report, we describe two cases breakage of epidural catheter.
Both cases involve the use of a catheter with innovative tip design and leading edge technology extrusion of the catheter
body. The article discusses the causes of difficulties in removing the catheter, the tactics of the anesthesiologist in the
event of such situations, the indications for surgical extraction, the remaining fragment of an epidural catheter
