Open AccessSpinal anaesthesia in poliomyelitis patients with scoliotic spine: A case control study
Author(s) -
Ballarapu Girija Kumari,
Aloka Samantaray,
Veldurti Ananta Kiran Kumar,
Padmaja Durga,
Gudaru Jagadesh
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.111839
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , bupivacaine , sitting , observational study , intrathecal , significant difference , block (permutation group theory) , surgery , geometry , mathematics , pathology
There is limited data to predict the course of sub-arachnoid block in poliomyelitis patients with scoliotic spine. So we intended to study the course of intrathecal anaesthesia in these patients in comparison to patients with normal spine using 0.5% bupivacaine (heavy).