Spinal epidural hematoma related to an epidural catheter in a cardiac surgery patient -A case report-
The addition of thoracic epidural anesthesia to general anesthesia during cardiac surgery may have a beneficial effect on clinical outcome.However, epidural catheter insertion in a patient anticoagulated with heparin may increase the risk of epidural hematoma.We report a case of epidural hematoma in a 55-year-old male patient who had a thoracic epi