Difficulty in Advancing Flexible Epidural Catheters When Establishing Labor Analgesia: An Observational Open-label Randomized Trial

Authors :: Pancaro, C.
Purtell, J.
LaBuda, D.
Saager, L.
Klumpner, T.T.
Dubovoy, T.
Rajala, B.
Singh, S.
Cassidy, R.
Vahabzadeh, C.
Maxwell, S.
Manica, V.
Eckmann, D.M.
Mhyre, J.M.
Engoren, M.C.
Source :: Obstetric Anesthesia Digest; March 2022, Vol. 42 Issue: 1 p40-42, 3p
Publication Year :: 2022
Abstract: (Anesth Analg. 2021;133:151–159. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005526)Flexible epidural catheters have a lower incidence of both paresthesias and intravascular catheter placement. This study aimed to compare and analyze the efficacy of 2 commercially available epidural kits: kit “A” (single-end hole wire-reinforced polyurethane epidural catheter; n=135) and kit “B” (multi-orifice wire-reinforced polyamide nylon blend epidural catheter; n=122).

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