Epidural abscess after multiple lumbar punctures for labour epidural catheter placement

Epidural?catheterization?is?routinely?used?by?anaesthesiologists?to?provide?labour?and?post-operative?analgesia.?In?most?cases,?catheter?placement?is?without?serious?side?effects?and?uneventful.?However,?epidural?abscess?is?a?rare?complication?that?may?result?in?severe?morbidity.?We?present?a?case?of?epidural?abscess?after?labour?epidural?catheter?placement?in?a?healthy?36-year-old?female?who?presented?on?post-partum?d?10?with?complaints?of?fever?and?back?pain.?She?was?treated?with?intravenous?antibiotics?and?fully?recovered.