What To Do When You Get a Wet Tap

A wet tap or inadvertent dural puncture is one of the most disheartening and challenging complications for an anesthesiologist to manage. Do you try again? Thread an intrathecal catheter? Is a subsequent CSE or DPE safe? How do you tell the the patient?

Listen to OB Anesthesiologists Dr. Amy Lee and Dr. M share their wet tap experiences and discuss the management options immediately following this common complication. 

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