Open AccessReal-time ultrasound-guided spinal anaesthesia vs pre- procedural ultrasound-guided spinal anaesthesia in obese patients
Author(s) -
Parli Raghavan Ravi,
Sudarshan Naik,
Mukund C Joshi,
Seema Singh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_446_20
Subject(s) - medicine , lumbar puncture , lumbar , ultrasound , spinal anesthesia , anesthesia , surgery , body mass index , spinal puncture , radiology , cerebrospinal fluid
Spinal anaesthesia is conventionally performed using a landmark-guided midline approach. These surface landmarks may be absent, indistinct or distorted in the presence of obesity, previous spinal surgeries, deformities, or degenerative changes associated with ageing. In the present study, we compared the efficacy of real-time ultrasound (RUS)-guided paramedian approach, and pre-procedure ultrasound (PUS) landmark-guided paramedian approach in obese patients.