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Anesthesia and analgesia · Dec 2009
ReviewClinical implications of neuraxial anesthesia in the parturient with scoliosis.
- James Y Ko and Lisa R Leffert.
- Division of Obstetric Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
- Anesth. Analg. 2009 Dec 1;109(6):1930-4.
AbstractScoliosis can pose challenges to the initiation and function of neuraxial anesthetics. We reviewed the available literature exploring neuraxial techniques in parturients with uncorrected or corrected (i.e., surgically instrumented) scoliosis. The 22 articles reported 117 attempted neuraxial procedures (uncorrected n = 24 and corrected n = 93). Of these procedures, 79% of uncorrected patients and 69% of corrected patients were successfully managed with neuraxial anesthesia. Procedures were typically more challenging in corrected patients; 90% of all reported difficulties in this subgroup involved epidural anesthetics. Complications were reported in 3 of 103 patients. We provide suggestions for optimizing efficacy of neuraxial techniques in these patients.
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