Real-time ultrasound-guided epidural catheter placement in infants: a case series

Case Reports

. 2022 Mar 18;S0104-0014(22)00034-3.


doi: 10.1016/j.bjane.2022.03.004.


Online ahead of print.

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Manoj Kamal et al.


Braz J Anesthesiol.


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Abstract

Although epidural catheter insertion under Ultrasound (US) guidance in the pediatric age group has been reported in the literature, it is yet to be adopted widely in clinical practice. The incomplete fusion of bones in pediatric patients provides an acoustic window for the US. The epidural space in children is at shallow depth, hence a high-frequency probe, which provides better resolution can be used. We present a case series in which real-time US-guided epidural catheter placement was performed in 10 infants in lower thoracic and upper lumbar interspaces. We reiterate that the use of real-time US during epidural catheter placement in patients increases the success rate of epidural catheter placement while decreasing procedural complications.


Keywords:

Case report; Epidural; Pediatrics; Ultrasound.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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