Combined spinal-epidural in the obstetric patient with Harrington rods assisted by ultrasonography.

نویسندگان

  • S T Yeo
  • R French
چکیده

We describe a patient with severe scoliosis, which had been corrected partially with Harrington rods, who requested epidural analgesia for labour. With no palpable landmarks, the use of ultrasound enabled identification of the vertebral midline and allowed provision of regional anaesthesia.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • British journal of anaesthesia

دوره 83 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1999