A prospective cross-sectional study was carried out at the Specialized Surgical Hospital in Medical City to assess the characteristics of major complications related to continuous epidural anesthesia. Demographic data, epidural procedure specifics, and problems (from the pre-anesthetic phase until resolution) were documented. Categorical variables were expressed as a number (%) whereas continuous variables were expressed as a mean (SD). Of the 120 patients enrolled, the mean age (SD) was 42.1 ±17.0 years old; 52.5% were in the age ? 40 years old; 72.5% were male. The mean of BMI (SD) was 29.9 ± 5.2 kg/m2. 18.3% of them underwent gynaecological surgery, while 27.5% underwent general surgery, 64.2% of surgeries took less than 60 minutes. The result of the present study reported more than a quarter of them were overweight, and the majority of patients exhibited levels indicative of a lumber puncture. Epidural anesthesia was the cause of post-operative neurologic deficits in half of them, either new or worsening. Further researches are needed on large scale.
Published Date: 2023-10-30; Received Date: 2023-10-02
