Morphometric study of sacral hiatus and its significance in caudal epidural anesthesia

Context: Sacral hiatus is used for administration of caudal epidural block. A frequent problem in this is needle placement as it is difficult to determine the location of sacral hiatus. The knowledge of anatomy of sacral hiatus plays a major role in the success of needle placement. Aim: To study the...

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Main Authors: Amol A Shinde, Purushottam Rao Manvikar, Vaishaly K Bharambe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Sahel Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.smjonline.org/article.asp?issn=1118-8561;year=2015;volume=18;issue=3;spage=134;epage=138;aulast=Shinde