Nurbanu Hindioglu Dogan, Serdar Kokar, Savas Sencan, Osman Hakan Gunduz
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Abstract
Epidural analgesia is a valuable modality in managing cancer-related pain, particularly when systemic therapies are insufficient or poorly tolerated. This letter presents a case of technically challenging epidural catheterization in a patient with vertebral metastases, emphasizing the procedural difficulties posed by altered spinal anatomy and prior neuraxial interventions.