Bacterial Sacroiliitis Probably Induced by Lumbar Epidural Analgesia

[摘要] Background:Properly administered, lumbar epidural analgesia provides adequate pain relief during labor anddelivery, and is considered to be a safe procedure with limited complications. The prevalence of infection afterlumbar epidural analgesia is negligible.Introduction:Infection of the sacroiliac joint, although very close to the pucture area, has never been reported asa procedure complication.Case: In this report, we describe a patient who experienced bacterial sacroiliitis a few days after lumbar epiduralanalgesia for labor. No portal of entry was identified, and we evoked a new potential risk factor that has neverbeen proposed before, namely lumbar epidural analgesia.Conclusion:Sacroiliitis must be considered as a rare but serious complication of lumbar epidural analgesia.

[学科分类] 妇产科学