title: Spinal anaesthesia following previous spinal surgery.
abstract: Spinal anaesthesia resulted in unblocked segments in a patient who had undergone three previous spinal operations. Scar tissue, which often forms both extra-durally and intra-durally after spinal surgery, was probably the cause of the patchy sensory blockade.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Kwong Wah Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: K O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D000075202:Contraindications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D013123:Spinal Fusion