Primary failure of thoracic epidural analgesia: revisited
Study context
- Population
- Patients receiving thoracic epidural analgesia
- Comparison
- Confirmatory modalities vs conventional loss-of-resistance
- Outcome
- Primary failure of thoracic epidural analgesia
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Primary TEA failure
Incidence of primary thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) failure in teaching centers can exceed
20%
Fluoroscopy, epidural waveform analysis and possibly electrical stimulation could decrease primary TEA failure to
2%
Original publication
Primary failure of thoracic epidural analgesia: revisited. Reg Anesth Pain Med. Published 16 December 2023. doi:10.
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