Ultrasound-guided intrathecal anesthesia: Does scanning help?

Ultrasound guided spinal anesthesia.

To the Editor: We write to share our recent experience with ultrasound (US) guided spinal anesthesia (SA) in a patient with scoliosis and lumbar spinal instrumentation. A 56-yr-old female patient was admitted for a total knee arthroplasty under SA. Her medical history included hypothyroidism, obesity (with a body mass index of 32 kg·m–2), and chronic low back pain. She had undergone multiple ba...

Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Safety of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia.

1. Cory PC: Concerns regarding ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia. ANESTHESIOLOGY 2009; 111:1167– 8 2. Fowlkes JB; Bioeffects Committee of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine: American institute of ultrasound in medicine consensus report on potential bioeffects of diagnostic ultrasound: Executive summary. J Ultrasound Med 2008; 27:503–15 3. Barnett SB, Ter Haar GR, Ziskin MC, Ro...

Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine