Abstract
You are called after hours to evaluate clear liquid leaking from an “epidural catheter puncture hole.” The patient is a 50-year-old Asian male (ASA 2) who had an exploratory laparotomy with gastrostomy for gastric cancer 5 days previously. He had an epidural catheter through which epidural hydromorphone had been used until the second postoperative day, when it was removed intact. The patient is sitting up in bed and not complaining of anything, not even a headache. His past history and examination are noncontributory.
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Brock-Utne, J.G. (2017). Case 34: Delayed Cutaneous Fluid Leak from a Puncture Hole After Removal of an Epidural Catheter. In: Clinical Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71467-7_34
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