Soft tissue anatomy within the vertebral canal in pregnant women

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-156

  Hirabayashi, Y ^a   Shimizu, R ^a   Fukuda, H ^a   Saitoh, K ^a   Igarashi, T ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, obstetric; Anatomy, extradural space; Measurement techniques, magnetic resonance imaging; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SUPINE POSITION; VEIN; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

EID: 0030036649     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/77.2.153     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Kerr MG, Scott DB, Samuel E. Studies of the inferior vena cava in late pregnancy. British Medical Journal 1964; 1: 532-533.
2. Scott DB. Inferior vena caval occlusion in late pregnancy and its importance in anaesthesia. British Journal of Anaesthesia 1968; 40: 120-128.
3. Bromage PR. Epidural Analgesia. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1978; 141.
4. Greene NM. Distribution of local anesthetic solutions within the subarachnoid space. Anesthesia and Analgesia 1985; 64: 715-730.
5. Barclay DL, Renegar OJ, Nelson EW. The influence of inferior vena cava compression on the level of spinal anesthesia. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1968; 101: 792-800.
6. Westbrook JL, Renowden SA, Carrie LES. Study of the anatomy of the extradural region using magnetic resonance imaging. British Journal of Anaesthesia 1993; 71: 495-498.
7. Grenier N, Kressel HY, Schiebler ML, Grossman RI, Dalinka MK. Normal and degenerative posterior spinal structures: MR imaging. Radiology 1987; 165: 517-525.
8. Bonica JJ. Maternal anatomic and physiologic alternations during pregnancy and parturition. In: Bonica JJ, McDonald JS, eds. Principles and Practice of Obstetric Analgesia and Anesthesia, 2nd Edn. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1995; 45-82.
9. Hirabayashi Y, Shimizu R, Fukuda H, Saitoh K, Furuse M. Anatomical configuration of the spinal column in the supine position. II. Comparison of pregnant and non-pregnant women. British Journal of Anaesthesia 1995; 75: 6-8.
10. Flanagan HL, Datta S, Lambert DH, Gissen AJ, Covino B. Effect of pregnancy on bupivacaine-induced conduction blockade in the isolated rabbit vagus nerve. Anesthesia and Analgesia 1987; 66: 123-126.
11. Datta S, Lambert DH, Gregus J, Gissen A, Covino BC. Differential sensitivities of mammalian nerve fibers during pregnancy. Anesthesia and Analgesia 1983; 62: 1070-1072.
12. Datta S, Hurley RJ, Naulty JS, Stern P, Lambert DH, Concepcion M, Tulchinsky D, Weiss JB, Ostheimer GW. Plasma and cerebrospinal fluid progesterone concentrations in pregnant and nonpregnant women. Anesthesia and Analgesia 1986; 65: 950-954.
13. Butterworth JF, Walker FO, Lysak SZ. Pregnancy increases median nerve susceptibility to lidocaine. Anesthesiology 1990; 72: 962-965.
14. Hirabayashi Y, Shimizu R, Saitoh K, Fukuda H. Cerebrospinal fluid progesterone in pregnant women. British Journal of Anaesthesia 1995; 75: 683-687.
15. Bieniarz J, Crottogini JJ, Curuchet E, Romeo-Salinas G, Yoshida T, Poseiro JJ, Caldeyro-Barcia R. Aortocaval compression by the uterus in late human pregnancy. II. An arteriographic study. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1968; 100: 203-217.
16. Gershater R, St Louis EL. Lumbar epidural venography: Review of 1200 cases. Neuroradiology 1979; 131: 409-421.
17. Luyendijik W. The plica mediana dorsalis of the dura mater and its relation to lumbar peridurography (canalography). Neuroradiology 1976; 11: 147-149.
18. Gershater R, Holgate RC. Lumbar epidural venography in the diagnosis of disc herniations. American Journal of Roentgenology, Radium Therapy and Nuclear Medicine 1976; 126: 992-1002.
19. Haughton VM, Syvertsen A, Williams AL. Soft-tissue anatomy within the spinal canal as seen on computed tomography. Neuroradiology 1980; 134: 649-655.
20. Theron J, Houtteville JP, Ammerich H, de Souza AA, Adam H, Thurel CL, Rey A, Houdart R. Lumbar phlebography by catheterization of the lateral sacral and ascending lumbar veins with abdominal compression. Neuroradiology 1976; 11: 175-182.
21. Renard M, Larde D, Masson JP, Roland J. Anatomical and radioanatomical study of the lumbo-sacral intervertebral venous plexuses. Anatomica Clinica 1980; 2: 21-28.
22. Platzer W. Pernkopf Anatomy, vol. II. Thorax, Abdomen and Extremities, 3rd Edn. Baltimore-Munich: Urban and Schwarzenberg, 1989; 305.
23. Leonhardt HvH, Krisch B, Kubik S, Lange W, Leonhardt H, Leuenbergen P, Töndury G, Zilles K. Band III. Nervensystem, Sinnesorgane. In: Leonhardt HvH, Tillmann B, Töndury G, Zilles K, eds. Anatomie des Menschen, Lehrbuch und Atlas. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 1987; 110.
24. Williams PL, Warwick R, Dyson M, Bannister LH. Gray's Anatomy, 37th Edn. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1989; 811.
25. Clemente CD. Anatomy, A Regional Atlas of the Human Body, 3rd Edn. Baltimore-Munich: Urban and Schwarzenberg, 1987; figs 571-573.
26. Agur AMR. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1991; 229.
27. Woodburne RT, Burkel W. Essential of Human Anatomy, 8th Edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988; 340.