Correlation between spinous process dimensions and ease of spinal anaesthesia

Correlation between spinous process dimensions and ease of spinal anaesthesia

Background: Neuraxial anaesthesia, despite being a common technique, may pose some technical challenges leading to complications such as post-dural puncture headache, trauma to neural structures and neuraxial haematoma. We hypothesised that the interspinous gap (ISG) and the spinous process width (S...

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Main Authors: Hariharan Shankar, Kanishka Rajput, Karthik Murugiah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Difficulty
spinal anaesthesia
spinous process
Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2012;volume=56;issue=3;spage=250;epage=254;aulast=Shankar

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