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Anesthesia and analgesia · Oct 2007
The Episure syringe: a novel loss of resistance syringe for locating the epidural space.
- Edward T Riley and Brendan Carvalho.
- Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. edriley@stanford.edu
- Anesth. Analg. 2007 Oct 1;105(4):1164-6, table of contents.
IntroductionThe Episure syringe is a unique spring-loaded loss-of-resistance (LOR) syringe with a coaxial compression spring within a Portex Pulsator LOR syringe. This syringe supplies a constant pressure while the operator is advancing the Tuohy needle.MethodsWe evaluated the syringe using an artificial model of the ligamentum flavum, an anesthetized pig, and women who desired epidural analgesia for labor.ResultsThe operator, using the spring-loaded syringe, was able to stop the forward movement of the needle, so that compared with a standard LOR syringe less of the needle protruded out the back of the laboratory model. Satisfactory labor analgesia in the human study and radiograph analyses in the porcine model confirmed epidural placement in all attempts.ConclusionThe spring-loaded syringe is a potentially useful LOR syringe that provides a reliable, objective end-point for identification of the epidural space.
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