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The incidence of Homer's syndrome during lumbar extradural for elective Caesarean section and provision of analgesia during labour
Author(s) -
Clayton K.C.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1983.tb14074.x
Subject(s) - medicine , caesarean section , incidence (geometry) , elective caesarean section , anesthesia , lumbar , obstetrics , surgery , pregnancy , genetics , physics , optics , biology
Summary One hundred and fifty women in labour provided with extradural analgesia were monitored and an incidence of Homers syndrome of 1.33% was noted. Fifty women undergoing Caesarean section under extradural analgesia were also monitored and an incidence of Homer's syndrome of 4% was noted. From the results we found it impossible to predict which patients would develop a Horner's syndrome.