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ReviewJournal of medical case reports2023

Inadvertent intrathecal drug injection while treating low back pain: a case report and review of the literature.

Alessandro Ferrieri, Donatella Bosco, Ennio Polilli, Raffaella Ciulli, Lina Visocchi, Lucrezia Mincione, Rosa Iacoe, Rosamaria Zocaro, Antonella Frattari

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Review in Journal of medical case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alessandro FerrieriAnestesia and Intensive Care Unit, Pescara General Hospital, Via Fonte Romana, 8, 65124, Pescara, PE, Italy.
Donatella BoscoAnestesia and Intensive Care Unit, Pescara General Hospital, Via Fonte Romana, 8, 65124, Pescara, PE, Italy.
Ennio PolilliClinical Pathology Unit, Pescara General Hospital, Pescara, Italy.
Raffaella CiulliAnestesia and Intensive Care Unit, Pescara General Hospital, Via Fonte Romana, 8, 65124, Pescara, PE, Italy.
Lina VisocchiAnestesia and Intensive Care Unit, Pescara General Hospital, Via Fonte Romana, 8, 65124, Pescara, PE, Italy.
Lucrezia MincioneAnestesia and Intensive Care Unit, Pescara General Hospital, Via Fonte Romana, 8, 65124, Pescara, PE, Italy.
Rosa IacoeAnestesia and Intensive Care Unit, Pescara General Hospital, Via Fonte Romana, 8, 65124, Pescara, PE, Italy.
Rosamaria ZocaroAnestesia and Intensive Care Unit, Pescara General Hospital, Via Fonte Romana, 8, 65124, Pescara, PE, Italy.
Antonella FrattariAnestesia and Intensive Care Unit, Pescara General Hospital, Via Fonte Romana, 8, 65124, Pescara, PE, Italy. antofrattari@gmail.com.
Azienda USL di Pescara · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundUndesired intrathecal injections represent an important subset of medical errors, albeit rare. Clinical effects depend on the type and concentration of drug(s) injected. Here we report on the case of a healthy woman with persistent low back pain, treated with a paravertebral injection of lidocaine, thiocolchicoside, and L-acetylcarnitine at an orthopedic practice. CASE REPORT: A 42-year-old Caucasian woman, with no relevant past medical history, received a lumbar paravertebral injection of lidocaine, thiocolchicoside, and L-acetylcarnitine for persistent low back pain. Approximately 30 minutes after injection, she experienced quick neurological worsening. Upon arrival at the Emergency Department, she was comatose, with fixed bilateral mydriasis, trismus, and mixed acidosis; seizures ensued in the first hours; slow progressive amelioration was observed by day 6; retrograde amnesia was the only clinical relevant remaining symptom by 6 months.

conclusionsTo our knowledge, this is the first reported case of inadvertent intrathecal thiocolchicoside injection in an adult patient, as well as the first in the neurosurgical literature. Our experience suggests that injection therapy for low back pain should be administered in adequate settings, where possible complications may be promptly treated.

Indexed as

Low Back PainAcetylcarnitineAdultFemaleHumansInjections, SpinalLidocaineMedical ErrorsAcetylcarnitineLidocaineChemical meningo-encephalitisIntrathecal administrationUndesired intrathecal injections

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PMID36797753
PMCPMC9935243
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