Displacement to Epidural Catheter

Abstract

Epidural catheter applications as a central blocks have a high failure rate in the morbidly obese patients. Success rate has increased in recent years with the use of ultrasonography in practice for catheter applications. Successful placement and secure of the catheter is required to protect the quality of the blocks. Subcutaneous soft tissue mass in the morbidly obese patients is caused to the displacement of the catheter. After morbidly obese patients lose weight fast, catheter displacement still continued depending on excess mobile subcutaneous tissue. With the presentation of these cases, we focused on this problem.