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Management of a Rare Complication of Epidural Analgesia in an Obese Laterally Positioned Parturient: Catheter Entrapment Next to the Inferior Vena Cava

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  • Alexander Amir From the *Department of Anesthesia, Royal Victoria Hospital, and †Department of Interventional Radiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Vynka Lash From the *Department of Anesthesia, Royal Victoria Hospital, and †Department of Interventional Radiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Albert Moore From the *Department of Anesthesia, Royal Victoria Hospital, and †Department of Interventional Radiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Pramod Rao From the *Department of Anesthesia, Royal Victoria Hospital, and †Department of Interventional Radiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Carlos Torres From the *Department of Anesthesia, Royal Victoria Hospital, and †Department of Interventional Radiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ian Kaufman From the *Department of Anesthesia, Royal Victoria Hospital, and †Department of Interventional Radiology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Address correspondence to: Alexander Amir, MD, Department of Anesthesia, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Center, 687 Pine Ave, West S5.05, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1A1 (e-mail: alexander.amir{at}mail.mcgill.ca).

Citation

Amir A, Lash V, Moore A, et al
Management of a Rare Complication of Epidural Analgesia in an Obese Laterally Positioned Parturient: Catheter Entrapment Next to the Inferior Vena Cava
Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2015;40:726-728.

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  • First published November 1, 2015.
Online issue publication 
February 27, 2019

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