This is a brief review of how to perform spinal anesthesia / lumbar puncture in the lateral position using the paraspinous (paramedian) approach. Note that the 2 operators featured here are junior trainees, which I hope helps to illustrate that this is a relatively simple technique yet tremendously useful in difficult patients.
Complement this with our comprehensive review article at BJA Education ([ Ссылка ] - free-to-access until 04 Feb 2024), and other videos in this channel.
Spinal Needle Handling - [ Ссылка ]
Ultrasound Imaging for Paraspinous Approach - [ Ссылка ]
Spinning on the AC - [ Ссылка ]
Paraspinous Approach to CNB [2019] - [ Ссылка ]
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