Confirmation of caudal needle placement using nerve stimulation

Anesthesiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 374-378

  Tsui, Ban C H ^a   Tarkkila, Pekka ^b   Gupta, Sunil ^b   Kearney, Ramona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Caudal block; Epidural stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; NEEDLE; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM;

ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; NEEDLES;

EID: 0032819678     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199908000-00010     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Lewis MPN, Thomas P, Wilson LF, Mulholland RC: The "whoosh" test: A clinical test to confirm correct needle placement in caudal epidural injections. Anaesthesia 1992; 47:57-8
2. Kumar K, Nath R, Wyant GM: Treatment of chronic pain by epidural spinal cord stimulation: A 10-year experience. J Neurosurg 1991; 75:402-7
3. Pither C: Nerve stimulation, Clinical Practice of Regional Anesthesia. Edited by Raj PP. New York, Churchill Livingstone, 1993, pp 161-9
4. Tsui BCH, Gupta S, Finucane B: Confirmation of epidural catheter placement using nerve stimulator. Can J Anaesth 1998; 45:640-4
5. Tsui BCH, Gupta S, Finucane B: Confirmation of epidural catheter placement using nerve stimulator in obstetric patients: The Tsui test (abstract). Reg Anaesth Pain Med 1998; 23(Suppl):35
6. Hanley JA, Lippman-Hand A: If nothing goes wrong, is everything all right? Interpreting zero numerators. JAMA 1983; 249(13): 1743-5
7. Richardson RR, Nunez C, Siqueira EB: Histological reaction to percutaneous epidural neurostimulation: Initial and long-term results. Med Prog Technol 1979; 6:179-84
8. Broadman LM: Where should advocacy for pediatric patients end and concerns for patient safety begin (editorial). Reg Anesth 1997; 22:205-8
9. Krane EJ, Dalens BJ, Murat I, Murrell D: Epidural catheters in anesthetized patients (editoral). Reg Anesth Pain Med 1998; 23:433-7
10. Moore DC, Mulroy MF, Thompson GE: Peripheral nerve damage and regional anaesthesia (editorial). Br J Anaesth 1994; 73:435-6
11. Passannante AN: Spinal anesthesia and permanent neurologic deficit after interscalene block. Anesth Analg 1996; 82:873-4
12. Chan SY, Tay HBD, Thomas E: "Whoosh" test as a teaching aid in caudal block. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21:414-5
13. Guinard JP, Borboen M: Probable venous air embolism during caudal anesthesia in a child. Anesth Analg 1993; 76:1134-5
14. Toledano A, Roizen MF, Foss J: When is testing the test dose the wrong thing to do? Anesth Analg 1995; 80:861-3