JOURNAL HOME CME HOME THIS MONTH PAST ISSUES ETOC COLLECTIONS AUTHORS REVIEWERS EDITORIAL BOARD FEEDBACK RSS HELP
		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a colleague Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by BARRETTO, C. Articles by SEAH, C. H. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by BARRETTO, C. Articles by SEAH, C. H.

Use of the Tuohy Needle in Paramedian Approach for Peridural Block

CLEOMENES BARRETTO, MD^*, ROBERT HOOK, MD, and CHENG HOCK SEAH, MD

*Attending Anesthesiologist. Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology. Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology. Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.

Abstract

IN THE paramedian approach for peridural block, as described by Bonica¹ in 1956, an 18-gauge short-beveled needle (Crawford) is inserted laterally to the spinous process in a cephalad direction and approaches the ligamentum flavum in the midline. Use of the Tuohy needle for this approach has not previously been reported. This needle, because of its curved point, appears to have advantages over the Crawford needle, as described following.

Anesthesia & Analgesia® is published for the International Anesthesia Research Society® by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins with the assistance of Stanford University Libraries' HighWire Press®. Copyright 2006 by the International Anesthesia Research Society. Online ISSN: 1526-7598   Print ISSN: 0003-2999