Open AccessRepeat spinal anesthesia after a failed spinal block in a pregnant patient with kyphoscoliosis for elective cesarean section
Author(s) -
Rakesh Kumar,
Kunal Singh,
G. Lakshmi Prasad,
Nishant Patel
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of obstetric anaesthesia and critical care/journal of obstetric anaesthesia and critial care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-9539
pISSN - 2249-4472
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4472.143879
Subject(s) - kyphoscoliosis , medicine , spinal anesthesia , spinal deformity , anesthesia , elective cesarean section , scoliosis , pregnancy , caesarean section , surgery , biology , genetics
Pregnant patients with kyphoscoliosis present a unique challenge during their anesthetic management due to the physiologic changes of pregnancy and deformity of the spine leading to pulmonary abnormalities. We present a case report of a 29-year-old second gravida with kyphoscoliosis who successfully underwent elective caesarean section under repeat spinal block after failure of first spinal anesthesia