TY  - JOUR
T1  - SUbdural hematoma following spinal anesthesia
AU  - WELCH K
Y1  - 1959/07/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.1959.04320070053009
JO  - A.M.A. Archives of Surgery
SP  - 49
EP  - 51
VL  - 79
IS  - 1
N2  - Of the recognized neurological sequelae of spinal anesthesia, those due to lumbar puncture are generally benign but relatively common, while those due to the constituents of the injection are, as a rule, serious but infrequent. To the list of hazards must be added a complication which, though due to lumbar puncture, is grave but very rare. The following case reports illustrate the occurrence of subdural hematoma as a consequence of spinal anesthesia.Report of Cases 
    Case 1. 
    —The patient was a 69-year-old retired chiropractor who had suffered from chronic sinusitis and bronchiectasis for many years. After an episode of urinary retention, he underwent, on May 23, 1954, a retropubic prostatectomy and vasectomy under spinal anesthesia. The lumbar puncture was made between L-2 and L-3 with a No. 22 needle. Tetracaine hydrochloride, 14 mg., and epinephrine, 0.4 mg., were administered. During the operation he coughed and expectorated several times. Although his
SN  - 0096-6908
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1959.04320070053009
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1959.04320070053009
ER  -