Distance from skin to epidural space: Correlation with body mass index (BMI)

• Main Authors: Komaljit Kaur Ravi (Author), Tej K Kaul (Author), Suneet Kathuria (Author), Shikha Gupta (Author), Sandeep Khurana (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Epidural anaesthesia is being increasingly used to provide anaesthesia for surgery on the lower abdomen, perineum and lower extremities. However success of the epidural technique depends upon the correct identification of epidural space. [2] We conducted a study to find the distance from...