ArticleCureus2023
Successful Management of a Broken Spinal Needle During Difficult Spinal Anesthesia: A Case Report.
Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.
- Endoscopic-Assisted Spinal Approach to Remove a Broken Spinal Needle: Technical Notes and Case Report of a Complication of Spinal Anesthesia.Case reports in orthopedics · 2026Article
- Successful retrieval of a retained Jamshidi needle fragment from the L4 pedicle following elective basivertebral nerve ablation: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2025Article
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- [Broken spinal needle: Clinical case and a brief review of the literature].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2024Review
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4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Spinal anesthesia is the most common mode of anesthesia utilized during caesarian sections worldwide. Despite its many advantages over general anesthesia in the pregnant cohort, uncommon and even catastrophic complications could occur due to patient-related, equipment-related, and procedure-related complications. One such uncommon event of a broken spinal needle during failed spinal anesthesia for a caesarian section and subsequent successful management is described here.
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