Real-time ultrasound guided spinal anesthesia in patients with predicted difficult anatomy.

CONCLUSIONS: This trial suggests that real-time ultrasound-guidance for spinal anesthesia in challenging patients in comparison to the controlled group was completed in longer time, with lower needle insertion attempts, and higher patient satisfaction scores but without statistically significant differences. PMID: 28094482 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minerva Anestesiologica - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Minerva Anestesiol Source Type: research