The use of ultrasound to facilitate spin
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Ki Jinn Chin; Alan J.R. Macfarlane; Vincent Chan; Richard Brull
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract We describe a case of ultrasound (US)‐facilitated spinal anesthesia in a patient with a prior lumbar laminectomy and spinal fusion who presented for total knee arthroplasty. Traditional, landmark‐guided spinal anesthesia had previously failed. Although pre‐procedural US identified a sof