Predictability of puncture depth for caudal anaesthesia in paediatric patients: a retrospective analysis

Br J Anaesth. 2021 Aug;127(2):e50-e52. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.04.016. Epub 2021 May 25.

Authors

Frank Fideler¹, Peter Martus², Christian Grasshoff³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. Electronic address: frank.fideler@med.uni-tuebingen.de.
² Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Applied Biometry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
³ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.

PMID: 34045066
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.04.016

No abstract available

Keywords: accidental dural puncture; caudal anaesthesia; paediatric anaesthesia; regional anaesthesia; ultrasonography.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anesthesia, Caudal / methods*
Anesthesia, Caudal / statistics & numerical data
Child
Dura Mater / anatomy & histology
Female
Humans
Male
Retrospective Studies
Spinal Cord / anatomy & histology*
Spinal Puncture
Ultrasonography, Interventional