title: Fluoroscopic-Guided Lumbar Spinal Drain Insertion for Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Surgery.
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.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio; †Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; ‡The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio; and §Department of Radiology, Neurology and Neurological Surgery, The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio.
authors.forename: Hamdy
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Awad
authors.forename: Mohamed Ehab
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ramadan
authors.forename: Esmerina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tili
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hackett
authors.forename: Eric C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Bourekas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D064795:Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies