British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol 83, Issue 4 670-672, Copyright © 1999 by The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia
S. T. Yeo and R. French
We describe a patient with severe scoliosis, which had been corrected
partially with Harrington rods, who requested epidural analgesia for
labour. With no palpable landmarks, the use of ultrasound enabled
identification of the vertebral midline and allowed provision of regional
anaesthesia.
CASE REPORTS
Combined spinal-epidural in the obstetric patient with Harrington rods assisted by ultrasonography
Department of Anaesthesia, King Edward Memorial Hospital, 374 Bagot Road, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia
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