Spinal anaesthesia in a patient with epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica.
An adult patient with epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica underwent uneventful spinal anaesthesia. Insertion of a Quincke spinal needle proved easier and produced less skin distortion than insertion of a pencil-point spinal needle. Taping of intravenous lines is an alternative to the more usually recommended approach of suturing.
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Division of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Prince of Wales Hospitals, Sydney, New South Wales.
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D000328:Adult; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D016108:Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009339:Needles