Minerva anestesiologica
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Minerva anestesiologica · Jan 2009
A survey of 1000 consecutive epidural catheter placements performed by inexperienced anesthesia trainees.
Education is the core activity of academic anaesthesia departments. One of the main difficulties appears to be the development of realistic high-quality 'training' practices that are safe for patients. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of complications occurring after epidural catheter placement by inexperienced anaesthesia trainees and their possible relationship with the experience of the operator. ⋯ Epidural catheterization performed under supervision by inexperienced anaesthesia residents is not associated with a significantly greater number of complications than reported in the literature. Moreover, at the early stage of training, we could not demonstrate any correlation between the experience of the operator and the incidence of complications incidence.