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ArticleInternational medical case reports journal2025

Retrograde Surgical Placement of a Thoracic Epidural Catheter in a Patient Undergoing Combined Thoracic and Spinal Surgery.

Vanessa B Davis, Mark Li, Flora Mian Li, Ryu Komatsu, Jiang Wu

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Article in International medical case reports journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Vanessa B DavisDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-0500-851X
Mark LiDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8245-8012
Flora Mian LiDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
Ryu KomatsuMulti-Specialty Anesthesiology, Integrated Hospital-Care Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3824-8680
Jiang WuDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6979-4708

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Abstract

Epidural anesthetic techniques for postoperative analgesia are rarely considered in spinal surgery, and high thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) is considered medically risky. We present a successful case of surgical retrograde placement of a thoracic (T6-T7) epidural catheter under direct surgical visualization via T2 laminectomy in a patient who underwent combined thoracotomy and spinal surgery. TEA was confirmed by epidurogram, provided adequate postoperative pain relief, and the patient was discharged home three days post-surgery.

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laminectomyretrogradethoracic epidural analgesiathoracotomy

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