Pre- to postoperative coagulation profile of 307 patients undergoing oesophageal resection with epidural blockade over a 10-year period in a single hospital: implications for the risk of spinal haematoma

Table 2 Reasons for replacing epidural analgesia with intravenous analgesia with an intravenous patient-controlled morphine infusion

Inadequate analgesia provided by epidural catheter	23
Unclear from patient notes	7
Accidental withdrawal of the catheter	7
Elective transition from epidural to IV-PCA	6
Leakage around the catheter	2
Suspected infection around the catheter	2
‘Sudden chest pain’, epidural catheter presumably withdrawn before antiplatelet drugs	1

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