Srivastava Aastha, Arora Ankit, Gupta Divya, Asthana Veena
Department of Anaesthesia, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
Anesth Essays Res. 2018 Jul-Sep;12(3):761-764. doi: 10.4103/aer.AER_88_18.
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the spine which leads to ossification and formation of a classical bamboo spine. This poses a challenge to the anesthetist both in terms of administering general and regional anesthesia due to the limited mobility of the spine. With the advent of ultrasound as an aid in regional anesthesia, it has been relatively easy to perform a central neuraxial blockade in such patients though the skill requires some degree of expertise. Here, we have described the use of ultrasound as a guide for administering regional anesthesia to a patient with AS after initially attempting a blind approach which had failed due to difficult anatomy.
强直性脊柱炎(AS)是一种脊柱慢性炎症性疾病,可导致骨化并形成典型的竹节样脊柱。由于脊柱活动受限,这给麻醉医生在实施全身麻醉和区域麻醉方面都带来了挑战。随着超声在区域麻醉中的应用,在这类患者中进行中枢神经轴索阻滞相对容易了,尽管这项技术需要一定程度的专业知识。在此,我们描述了在最初尝试盲穿法因解剖结构困难而失败后,如何使用超声引导对一名强直性脊柱炎患者实施区域麻醉。