Epidural anesthesia ending in an unintended subdural block: a case report

Although epidural anesthesia is routinely practiced in all of the major clinical settings, accidental subdural block stillremains its poorly understood complication which haunts anesthesiologists with its variable clinical presentation. A40 years old patient given thoracic epidural anesthesia developed an episode of hypotension along with numbness inboth arms and legs with sensory block upto C6 dermatome and some motor weakness, after giving loading dose oflocal anesthetic solution. She was successfully managed. Hence, patients receiving epidural anesthesia should be closelyobserved for any such untoward complication.