Does unilateral hip flexion increase the spinal anaesthetic level during combined spinal-epidural technique?

Needle-through-needle combined spinal-epidural (CSE) may cause significant delay in patient positioning resulting in settling down of spinal anaesthetic and unacceptably low block level. Bilateral hip flexion has been shown to extend the spinal block by flattening lumbar lordosis. However, patients...

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Main Authors: Medha Mohta, Deepti Agarwal, A K Sethi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2011;volume=55;issue=3;spage=247;epage=252;aulast=Mohta