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REGIONAL ANESTHESIA AND PAIN MEDICINE

Breakage of Epidural Catheters: A Comparison of an Arrow Reinforced Catheter and Other Nonreinforced Catheters

Department of Anesthesiology, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan

Address correspondence and reprint request to Takashi Asai, Department of Anesthesiology, Kansai Medical University, 10-15 Fumizono-cho, Moriguchi City, 570-8507, Osaka, Japan. Address e-mail to asait{at}takii.kmu.ac.jp

Implications: Although breakage of an epidural catheter is rare, our ex vivo study suggests that compared with three other epidural catheters, the Arrow catheter is more likely to stretch and break. The segment between the 7- and 8-cm marks may be an area especially vulnerable to breakage.

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