Extensive retroperitoneal hematoma without neurologic deficit in two patients who underwent lumbar plexus block and were later anticoagulated

Anesthesiology. 2003 Feb;98(2):581-5. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200302000-00044.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament / surgery
  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
  • Anticoagulants / adverse effects*
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
  • Arthroscopy
  • Female
  • Hematoma / etiology*
  • Hematoma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Knee / surgery
  • Lumbosacral Plexus*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Nerve Block / adverse effects*
  • Partial Thromboplastin Time
  • Retroperitoneal Space / pathology*
  • Thrombosis / prevention & control

Substances

  • Anticoagulants