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2220-3141(online) |
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This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
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© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA |
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http://www.wjgnet.com |
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Anesthesiology |
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Minireviews |
| Article Title |
Why do thoracic epidurals fail? A literature review on thoracic epidural failure and catheter confirmation
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Invited Manuscript |
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Kamal Kumar, Fuhazia Horner, Mohamed Aly, Gopakumar S Nair and Cheng Lin |
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| Corresponding Author |
Kamal Kumar, MBBS, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine, Western University, 800 Commissioners Road East, London N6A 5W9, ON, Canada. kamal.kumar@lhsc.on.ca |
| Key Words |
Thoracic epidural; Failure rate; Placement; Electrophysiological stimulation; Epidural waveform monitoring; X-ray epidurography |
| Core Tip |
Thoracic epidural anesthesia is a valuable technique for perioperative analgesia in abdominal and thoracic surgeries, but it is associated with a significant failure rate. Factors such as mis-identifying vertebral level, catheter migrations, anatomic factors and equipment failures can all cause suboptimal outcomes. Techniques such as electrophysiological stimulation and waveform monitoring enable the clinicians to confirm catheter level and location in the epidural space, respectively, but provide no information on the spread pattern. X-ray epidurography, on the other hand, provides information on catheter location and spread pattern but requires special equipment and training to perform. |
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2024-08-30 06:01 |
| Citation |
<p>Kumar K, Horner F, Aly M, Nair GS, Lin C. Why do thoracic epidurals fail? A literature review on thoracic epidural failure and catheter confirmation. <i>World J Crit Care Med</i> 2024; 13(3): 94157</p> |
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https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3141/full/v13/i3/94157.htm |
| DOI |
https://dx.doi.org/10.5492/wjccm.v13.i3.94157 |
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