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Case Reports
. 1990 Feb;45(2):132-4.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1990.tb14278.x.

Anaesthesia in a gravid achondroplastic dwarf

J R Brimacombe  1 , J A Caunt
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Anaesthesia in a gravid achondroplastic dwarf

J R Brimacombe et al. Anaesthesia. 1990 Feb.
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Abstract

A patient with achondroplasia presented for elective Caesarean section under epidural anaesthesia. A block from C5 to S4 developed over 20 minutes after 12 ml plain bupivacaine 0.5%. This case serves to highlight the difficulties of regional anaesthesia in the gravid achondroplastic dwarf.

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