Ultrasound-guided Epidural Blood Patch
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Ultrasound-guided epidural blood patch.
A 35-YR-OLD woman presented with a postdural puncture headache for epidural blood patch. The procedure was performed in the lateral position. A curvilinear ultrasound probe with sterile cover was used to visualize the epidural space. A 20-G epidural needle was used to identify the space by the loss-of-resistance technique. Blood was then injected into the epidural space under real-time ultrasou...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Anesthesiology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0003-3022
DOI: 10.1097/aln.0b013e318209379f