Broken Spinal Needle in a Morbidly Obese Parturient Presenting for Urgent Cesarean Section

Neuraxial anesthesia has become the preferred method of anesthesia for nonemergent cesarean delivery and cases where regional anesthesia is not contraindicated. Multiple cases of broken spinal and epidural needles have been reported in the literature over the last several years; however, the specifi...

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Main Authors: Saurin J. Shah, Kristen Vanderhoef, Michael Ibrahim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8880464