Thoracic spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section

Dr. Pallavi¹, Dr. Aditya¹, Dr. Ambareen², & Dr. RL Gogna³¹MBBS, Junior Resident, Department of Anaesthesiology, MGM Medical College, sector-1 Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
²MBBS, MD Anaesthesiology, Senior Resident, MGM Medical College, sector-1 Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
³MBBS, MD Anaesthesiology, Professor and Head of Department of Anaesthesiology,MGM Medical College, sector-1 Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
DOI- http://doi.org/10.37502/IJSMR.2022.5510

Abstract

This report shows that the spinal anaesthesia technique, applied in the lower thoracic region (T10) and with a minute dose of local anaesthetic, can be used to provide a segmental subarachnoid block sufficient to allow lower segment caesarean section to be performed, even in a patient with severely abnormal respiratory function and patients having hemodynamically instability like Pre-Eclampsia or even in patients with lower lumbar region skin infections.

Keywords: Covid, Lung fibrosis, Pre-eclampsia, Burns, Scar, Lumbar scoliosis

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