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Epidural Anesthesia : Unintended Intrathecal Injection
Case Synopsis A frail, 55-kg, 79-year-old woman is admitted for elective hip replacement as the first surgery of the day in a specialty orthopedic surgery center. An epidural catheter is placed for surgical anesthesia and postoperative analgesia. With the patient…