Repeat spinal anesthesia after a failed spinal block in a pregnant patient with kyphoscoliosis for elective cesarean section | Zendy

Kunal Singh | Zendy; Rakesh Kumar | Zendy; Ganga Prasad | Zendy; Nishant Patel | Zendy

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Repeat spinal anesthesia after a failed spinal block in a pregnant patient with kyphoscoliosis for elective cesarean section

Author(s) -

Kunal Singh,

Rakesh Kumar,

Ganga Prasad,

Nishant Patel

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of obstetric anaesthesia and critical 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 , pregnancy , elective cesarean section , scoliosis , caesarean section , surgery , combined spinal epidural , 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

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