Dural ectasia: a likely cause of inadequate spinal anaesthesia in two parturients with Marfan's syndrome.

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Journal Article

We report two cases of Caesarean section in patients with Marfan's syndrome where continuous subarachnoid anaesthesia failed to provide an adequate surgical block. This was possibly because of dural ectasia, which was confirmed by a computed tomography scan in both cases.

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Duke Authors

Cited Authors

Lacassie, HJ; Millar, S; Leithe, LG; Muir, HA; Montaña, R; Poblete, A; Habib, AS

Published Date

April 2005

Published In

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volume / Issue

94 / 4

Start / End Page

500 - 504

PubMed ID

15695549

Pubmed Central ID

15695549

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

1471-6771

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0007-0912

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1093/bja/aei076

Language

eng