PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Handel F. Pascoe
AU  - Garry S. Jennings
AU  - Gertie F. Marx
TI  - Successful Spinal Anesthesia After Inadequate Epidural Block in a Parturient With Prior Surgical Correction of Scoliosis
AID  - 10.1136/rapm-00115550-199318030-00011
DP  - 1993 May 01
TA  - Regional Anesthesia: The Journal of Neural Blockade in Obstetrics, Surgery, & Pain Control
PG  - 191--192
VI  - 18
IP  - 3
4099  - http://rapm.bmj.com/content/18/3/191.short
4100  - http://rapm.bmj.com/content/18/3/191.full
SO  - Reg Anesth Pain Med1993 May 01; 18
AB  - Background. Lumbar epidural anesthesia is safe in patients with previous spinal surgery, but it is not always successful or easily performed.Method. The authors present the case of a parturient with Harrington rod insertion, scheduled for cesarean delivery, whose epidural anesthetic could not be extended beyond the T10 level.Result. After letting the epidural block recede below the lumbar level, a successful spinal anesthetic was administered producing a sensory level to T4.