Open AccessComparison of ultrasound imaging in transverse median and parasagittal oblique planes for thoracic epidurals: A pilot study
Author(s) -
Rakhi Khemka,
Shantanu Rastogi,
Neha Desai,
Arunangshu Chakraborty,
Subir Sinha
Publication year - 2016
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 - 10.4103/0019-5049.183398
Subject(s) - medicine , epidural space , sagittal plane , nuclear medicine , transverse plane , ultrasound , oblique case , confidence interval , correlation coefficient , radiology , surgery , mathematics , linguistics , philosophy , statistics
The use of ultrasound (US) scanning to assess the depth of epidural space to prevent neurological complications is established in current practice. In this study, we hypothesised that pre-puncture US scanning for estimating the depth of epidural space for thoracic epidurals is comparable between transverse median (TM) and paramedian sagittal oblique (PSO) planes.