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Anesthesia and analgesia · May 2011
Brief report: real-time ultrasound-guided spinal anesthesia using Taylor's approach.
- Peter J Lee, Raymond Tang, Andrew Sawka, Claudia Krebs, and Himat Vaghadia.
- FCARCSI, Department of Anesthesia, Vancouver Acute, Room 2449, JP 2, VGH, 899 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada. peterjohnlee@hotmail.com
- Anesth. Analg.. 2011 May 1;112(5):1236-8.
AbstractThe role of ultrasound scanning in spinal anesthesia is principally limited to preprocedure imaging and identification of anatomical structures. We describe our experience with a real-time ultrasound technique for visualization and performance of spinal anesthesia. An initial cadaver study was performed in 5 unembalmed cadavers to develop a technique for real-time performance of ultrasound-guided spinal anesthesia via Taylor's approach (paramedian approach to the L5-S1 interspace). Subsequently, 10 patients scheduled for joint arthroplasty underwent real-time ultrasound-guided spinal anesthesia in the prone position. The relevant anatomy and the needletip were visualized easily and all spinals were effective for joint arthroplasty.© 2011 International Anesthesia Research Society
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