The anesthetic agents that are infused through the small catheter block spinal nerve roots in the epidural space and the sympathetic nerve fibers adjacent to them. Depending on the location of the ...

Selena Gray suffered for four days as a multitude of doctors tried and failed to remove an epidural that was stuck in her back. During labor, the epidural became lodged and knotted around her ...

Using fluoroscopic guidance, the authors placed a 25-gauge needle into the epidural space using a transforaminal approach according to accepted standard technique. Needle tip location was ...