RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Facial Nerve Paralysis After Epidural Blood Patch
JF Regional Anesthesia: The Journal of Neural Blockade in Obstetrics, Surgery, & Pain Control
JO Reg Anesth Pain Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 196
OP 198
DO 10.1136/rapm-00115550-199318030-00013
VO 18
IS 3
A1 Maria Perez
A1 Miguel Olmos
A1 Javier F. Garrido
YR 1993
UL http://rapm.bmj.com/content/18/3/196.abstract
AB Background. A 35-year-old parturient developed a unilateral facial nerve palsy after an epidural blood patch for treatment of subarachnoid-cutaneous fistula.Conclusions. Idiopathic facial paralysis and other pathogenic mechanisms are discussed. The course of the events support the suggestion that changes in subarachnoid and epidural pressures after an epidural blood patch could precipitate an injury to the 7th nerve.