Dural ectasia: a likely cause of inadequate spinal anaesthesia in two parturients with Marfan's syndrome.

Lacassie, H J; Millar, S; Leithe, L G; Muir, H A; Montaña, R; Poblete, A; Habib, A S · Br J Anaesth · 2005

case_report · Level V

Where this comes from

Abstract

We report two cases of Caesarean section in patients with Marfan's syndrome where continuous subarachnoid anaesthesia failed to provide an adequate surgical block. This was possibly because of dural ectasia, which was confirmed by a computed tomography scan in both cases.

Medical subject headings