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High spinal block following an inadequate continuous spinal anaesthetic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2006

M. G. Serpell
M. G. Serpell
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
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Abstract

A patient is presented who obtained only an L1 sensory block, which was inadequate for her procedure, from continuous spinal anaesthesia despite appropriate doses of 0.5% plain bupivacaine. She then developed a high spinal block after an epidural was sited and a test dose given in the sitting position. The possible mechanisms for this are discussed.

Keywords

anaesthetic techniquesregionalcontinuous spinal anasthesiaepiduralcomplicationshigh spinal
Type
Case Report
Information
European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 13 , Issue 5 , May 1996 , pp. 530 - 533
Copyright
1996 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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