• Anaesthesia · Feb 1990

    Case Reports

    Anaesthesia in a gravid achondroplastic dwarf.

    • J R Brimacombe and J A Caunt.
    • Department of Anaesthetics, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield.
    • Anaesthesia. 1990 Feb 1;45(2):132-4.

    AbstractA patient with achondroplasia presented for elective Caesarean section under epidural anaesthesia. A block from C5 to S4 developed over 20 minutes after 12 ml plain bupivacaine 0.5%. This case serves to highlight the difficulties of regional anaesthesia in the gravid achondroplastic dwarf.

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