Hoarseness after lumbar epidural anesthesia: An unusual complication

Şahin A., Öcal T., Özgen S., AYPAR Ü.

Agri, cilt.13, sa.2-3, ss.64-66, 2001 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 2-3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2001
  • Dergi Adı: Agri
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.64-66
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Bupivacaine, Epidural analgesia, Hoarseness, Local anesthetics
  • Lokman Hekim Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Epidural analgesia is a safe anesthetic technique in the elderly and high risk patients. We report an eighty year old patient who developed a transient hoarseness during a transurethral prostate resection under epidural anesthesia. Although the complication was transient and without long term effects, the quality of anesthesia for the patient was not satisfactory.