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Report Retained Spinal Needle Removal as Unlisted

Published on Fri Feb 01, 2013

Question: When trying to accomplish an epidural anesthetic, the spinal needle broke off approximately 4-5 cm below the surface of the skin at the L2-L3 level. Our surgeon made a laminectomy incision for removal of retained spinal needle at L2-L3 level under continuous fluoroscopy. How can we report this?

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