LONG-TERM NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS

A Swedish study() of peripheral neurologic deficits found that there might be a correlation with higher concentrations of lidocaine, but their database was incomplete and therefore no conclusive statement could be made. They noted bladder, bowel and sexual dysfunction and motor deficits as well as lumbar and limb pain.

Table of Contents

Introduction
TOXICITY OF LOCAL ANAESTHETICS
PREVIOUS SPINAL PROBLEMS
DURAL PUNCTURE
NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF EPIDURAL ANAESTHESIA
SHORT-TERM COMPLICATIONS
BACK PAIN FOLLOWING EPIDURAL ANAESTHESIA
LONG-TERM NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS
NEXT: ARACHNOIDITIS CASES
CONCLUSIONS
References