Epidural anesthesia for cesarean section in a parturient with pseudotumor cerebri and lumboperitoneal shunt

J Clin Anesth. 2000 May;12(3):213-5. doi: 10.1016/s0952-8180(00)00133-1.

Abstract

We present a case of successful epidural analgesia/anesthesia for labor and cesarean section in a parturient who developed pseudotumor cerebri during her pregnancy and was managed with lumboperitoneal shunt secondary to her visual complication.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anesthesia, Epidural*
  • Anesthesia, Obstetrical*
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts*
  • Cesarean Section
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / surgery*
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri / surgery*