Hoarseness after lumbar epidural anesthesia: An unusual complication

Şahin A., Öcal T., Özgen S., AYPAR Ü.

Agri, vol.13, no.2-3, pp.64-66, 2001 (Scopus) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 13 Issue: 2-3
  • Publication Date: 2001
  • Journal Name: Agri
  • Journal Indexes: Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.64-66
  • Keywords: Bupivacaine, Epidural analgesia, Hoarseness, Local anesthetics
  • Lokman Hekim University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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.