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Repeat cesarean section in a morbidly obese parturient: a new anesthetic option
Author(s) -
Kuczkowski K. M.,
Benumof J. L.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.460622.x
Subject(s) - medicine , morbidly obese , anesthesia , anesthetic , combined spinal epidural , surgery , section (typography) , pregnancy , obesity , weight loss , biology , advertising , business , genetics
Combined spinal epidural anesthesia (CSEA) has become an increasingly popular anesthetic technique for repeat cesarean section. However, the advantages of this technique have not routinely been available to morbidly obese patients because of the lack of an appropriately long needle. We present a case of a morbidly obese parturient who underwent repeat cesarean section under CSEA conducted with the recently introduced (and commercially available) CSEA needle set, specifically designed for morbidly obese patients.