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Chapter 9 - Use of Neuraxial Ultrasound for Axial Skeletal Conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2024

By
Alexandria Papadelis  and
Carlo Pancaro
Edited by
David R. Gambling ,
M. Joanne Douglas  and
Grace Lim
David R. Gambling
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego
M. Joanne Douglas
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Grace Lim
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh
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Summary

This chapter describes the use of neuraxial ultrasound in uncommon axial skeletal conditions that the clinician occasionally faces in the labor and delivery suite. For each condition we outline whether subspecialty consultation and lumbosacral spine imaging are needed before spine ultrasound scanning and performing neuraxial blocks. We selected certain disorders and syndromes where spine ultrasound scanning has been a useful tool in facilitating the success of labor analgesia and cesarean neuraxial anesthesia.

Keywords

musculoskeletal disordersneurological disorders spinal dysraphismstethered spinal cordChiari malformationsyringomyeliaCurrarino syndromeVACTERLKlippel Feil syndromeKlippel-Trénaunay syndromespinal rodsspinal cord stimulatorslumboperitoneal shuntsintrathecal pumps
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Obstetric Anesthesia and Uncommon Disorders , pp. 110 - 121
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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