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PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA

Spinal Cord Injury in a Child Caused by an Accidental Dural Puncture with a Single-Shot Thoracic Epidural Needle

Department of Anesthesiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Toshihiro Kasai, Department of Anesthesiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyoku, Kyoto 602–8566, Japan. Address e-mail to kasai{at}koto.kpu-m.ac.jp

IMPLICATIONS: A child experienced a spinal cord injury by an accidental dural puncture during thoracic epidural anesthesia. A magnetic resonance image was used for diagnosis and treatment.

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