Spinal cord compression following labor and delivery with epidural analgesia.
Simon JN., Mokriski BK., Gillies BS., Martz DG., Keene CL., Malinow AM.
Transient back pain is not uncommon during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Following an epidural anesthetic, back pain persisted in a postpartum patient beyond the expected period of soreness. Further diagnostic evaluation led to diagnosis and surgical decompression of a herniated thoracic disc.