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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 84-86 |
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Repeat spinal anesthesia after a failed spinal block in a pregnant patient with kyphoscoliosis for elective cesarean section
Rakesh Kumar, Kunal Singh, Ganga Prasad, Nishant Patel
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Kunal Singh
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2249-4472.143879
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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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