title: Anaesthetic management of a parturient with severe kyphoscoliosis.
abstract: Use of neuraxial block in a patient with severe kyphoscoliosis is controversial. We describe the anaesthetic management by spinal anaesthesia of a parturient with severe kyphoscoliosis in obstructed labour. The perioperative course was uneventful. We suggest that a patient with severe kyphoscoliosis may be successfully managed by spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Nepalgunj Medical College, Kohalpur, Banke, Nepal. sandyneeru@yahoo.com
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000379:methods*; D052178:Cephalopelvic Disproportion / Q000628:therapy*; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D048949:Labor Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011859:Radiography; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult