Epidural Abscess Associated with Postoperative Epidural Analgesia

Epidural abscess presenting as paraplegia is associated with higher long-term morbidity and a doubled mortality, when compared with an earlier presentation with no neurological deficit. I This case report describes irreversible neurological sequelae in a patient having continuous epidural analgesia following surgery. She developed symptoms on the twelfth postoperative day, eight days after removal of the epidural catheter, and presented paraplegic twenty days after operation.

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