PERIFIX CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA SET

Description of Event or Problem

PT (PATIENT) HAD AN EPIDURAL CATHETER PLACED INTRAOPERATIVELY FOR PAIN CONTROL FOLLOWING A MULTI-LEVEL POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION. WHEN PA (PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT) WAS REVVING THE CATHETER IT SEPARATED AND A SECTION OF THE CATHETER REMAINED IN THE PTS BACK. THE PT RETURNED TO OR (OPERATING ROOM) LATER THAT AFTERNOON FOR AN EXPLORATION OF THE POST-OP LUMBAR WOUND AND REMOVAL OF RETAINED EPIDURAL CATHETER. THE SEGMENT WAS SUCCESSFULLY REMOVED. BOTH ANESTHESIOLOGISTS AND THE SURGEON FEEL THAT THE CATHETER WAS DEFECTIVE.