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Epidural and subarachnoidal pneumocephalus after epidural technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2006

E. Mateo ,
M. D. López-Alarcón ,
S. Moliner ,
E. Calabuig ,
M. Vivó ,
J. De Andrés  and
F. Grau
E. Mateo
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital General Universitari de València, València, Spain
M. D. López-Alarcón
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital General Universitari de València, València, Spain
S. Moliner
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital General Universitari de València, València, Spain
E. Calabuig
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital General Universitari de València, València, Spain
M. Vivó
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital General Universitari de València, València, Spain
J. De Andrés
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital General Universitari de València, València, Spain
F. Grau
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital General Universitari de València, València, Spain
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Abstract

Iatrogenic pneumocephalus is an uncommon complication observed after using the ‘loss-of-resistance’ technique with an air filled syringe. We report and review two cases of pneumocephalus: one subarachnoid and the other epidural.

Keywords

epidural techniqueepidural pneumocephalussubarachnoid pneumocephalus
Type
Case Report
Information
European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 16 , Issue 6 , June 1999 , pp. 413 - 417
Copyright
1999 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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