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Re: Epidural & Fusion

From: Hector Nemirovsky M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:02:54 -0500 (CDT)


Because there is no room to put the epidural catheter. Sometimes you can do it above the site of the fusion, but you have to talk with the anesthesiologist.

At Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Carol wrote: >
>Why can't a woman who has had a spinal fusion have an epidural during
>delivery?
>
>So...what do they do for her?

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Hector Nemirovsky MD
Former Head Obstetrics Division,
Hospital J. A. Fernández
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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