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ArticleAvicenna journal of medicine

Epidural analgesia for percutaneous kyphoplasty in a patient with multiple medical comorbidities.

Waseem S Alfahel, Alia S Dabbous, Mark E Thompson

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Article in Avicenna journal of medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Waseem S AlfahelDepartment of Anesthesia, Great Lakes Anesthesiology, John R. Oishei Children's Hospital, Buffalo, New York, USA.
Alia S DabbousDepartment of Anesthesiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), Beirut, Lebanon.
Mark E ThompsonDepartment of Anesthesia, Great Lakes Anesthesiology, John R. Oishei Children's Hospital, Buffalo, New York, USA.
American University · USUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York · USWomen & Children's Hospital of Buffalo · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kyphoplasty is a minimally invasive procedure intended to stabilize the fractured bone and restore bone height. It involves percutaneous introduction of an inflatable bone tamp into a fractured vertebral body, followed by injection of bone cement into the ballooned pocket. Anesthetic options typically considered for this procedure include intravenous sedation or general anesthesia. These patients are often elderly, frail, in significant pain, and may poorly tolerate sedation or general anesthesia in the prone position. Spinal anesthesia has been suggested as an alternative method. However, it has major limitations. We would like to report a case of a 79-year-old patient with multiple comorbidities, who presented for kyphoplasty, where epidural anesthesia was conducted and successfully provided adequate analgesia as well as optimal surgical conditions.

Indexed as

Epidural• Epidural anesthesia can provide successful operating conditions for kyphoplasty.frailty• General anesthesia need not be a default technique in medically complex patients.kyphoplastyregional anesthesia• There may be many other procedures where regional techniques may provide surgical anesthesia.

Identifiers

PMID31143700
PMCPMC6530273
OpenAlexW2936748246

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