Nigerian quarterly journal of hospital medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
A clinical experience with epidural balloon in the localisation of the epidural space in labouring parturients.
Localisation of the epidural space is one of the key steps in the provision of epidural analgesia during childbirth. Many ingenious devices have been designed to improve the success of the puncture procedure. A clinical experience with a modified Macintosh epidural balloon in the localisation of the epidural space is described. ⋯ The epidural space was identified more often at the first attempt, and more swiftly, with the epidural balloon.