Open AccessBeyond selective spinal anesthesia: A flow pattern analysis of a hyperbaric dye solution injected in a lower-density fluid
Author(s) -
Romualdo Del Buono,
Giuseppe Porcellini,
Fabio Costa,
Felice Eugenio Agrò
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/sja.sja_116_20
Subject(s) - bevel , medicine , spinal anesthesia , anesthesia , syringe , saline , anesthetic , biomedical engineering , surgery , structural engineering , psychiatry , engineering
Spinal anesthesia is a technique performed since more than a century and the introduction of hyperbaric anesthetics allowed the anesthesiologists to be more selective when using this technique. The aim of this study is to show the in vitro flow patterns of a hyperbaric dye solution through 27 G Quincke and Sprotte spinal needles, injected at different speeds, in a lower-density fluid.