Lumbosacral Epidural Anaesthesia in a Dog and its Complication – A Case Report
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Tomáš Lipták
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice, Komenského 73, 04001 Košice, Slovakia, and Moscow Veterinary Academy named after K.I. Skryabin, Akademika Skryabina street 23, Moscow, Russia
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Jakub Fuchs
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice, Komenského 73, 04001 Košice, Slovakia, and Moscow Veterinary Academy named after K.I. Skryabin, Akademika Skryabina street 23, Moscow, Russia
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Nikolay Kozlov
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice, Komenského 73, 04001 Košice, Slovakia, and Moscow Veterinary Academy named after K.I. Skryabin, Akademika Skryabina street 23, Moscow, Russia
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Sergey Pozyabin
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice, Komenského 73, 04001 Košice, Slovakia, and Moscow Veterinary Academy named after K.I. Skryabin, Akademika Skryabina street 23, Moscow, Russia
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Bishal Bhattarai
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice, Komenského 73, 04001 Košice, Slovakia, and Moscow Veterinary Academy named after K.I. Skryabin, Akademika Skryabina street 23, Moscow, Russia
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Mária Kuricová
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice, Komenského 73, 04001 Košice, Slovakia, and Moscow Veterinary Academy named after K.I. Skryabin, Akademika Skryabina street 23, Moscow, Russia
Keywords:
local anaesthesia, small animals, paralysisAbstract
In this report, we present a rarely described case of anaesthetic complication in a 2-year-old intact female Shih Tzu, including clinical findings, magnetic resonance imaging results, and outcome. The dog was admitted to the hospital with paraplegia and lumbosacral pain, which we attributed to iatrogenic trauma resulting from epidural injection and accidental dural sac puncture.
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