Fluoroscopic-Guided Lumbar Spinal Drain Insertion for Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Surgery. (October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Awad, Hamdy; Ramadan, Mohamed Ehab; Tili, Esmerina; Hackett, Kathryn; Bourekas, Eric C.
• Is Part Of: Anesthesia & analgesia. Volume 125:Number 4(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-10
• Subjects: Anesthesiology -- Periodicals; Anesthesia; Anesthesiology; Analgesia; Analgesics; Anesthesiology -- Periodicals; 617.9605
• DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000001685
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-2999

Abstract

Abstract : We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 11 patients who were referred by anesthesiologists to an interventional neuroradiologist for fluoroscopy-guided lumbar spinal drain insertion for thoracic aortic aneurysm repair between January 2010 and June 2015. Successful drain insertion was achieved in all patients. Three (27.3%) patients developed drain-related complications. Fluoroscopy-guided spinal drain insertion is an alternative to the conventional, nonimage-guided, blind technique used by anesthesiologists when they expect to encounter difficulty with insertion or in cases of failed insertion. Abstract : Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text.Published ahead of print December 19, 2016.