Abdominal circumference but not the degree of lumbar flexion affects the accuracy of lumbar interspace identification by Tuffier’s line palpation method: an observational study

BACKGROUND: Lumbar puncture for spinal or epidural anesthesia is commonly performed by palpating bony landmarks, but identification of the desired intervertebral level is often inaccurate. It is unclear whether such inaccuracy is related to patient factors, such as body mass index and degree of lumb...

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Autores principales: Lin, Nan, Li, Yan, Bebawy, John F, Dong, Jia, Hua, Lin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4323173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25670920
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-15-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4323173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25670920
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-15-9

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