Predicting the Difficulty Score of Spinal Anaesthesia

Background: Spinal anaesthesia is the commonest regional anaesthesia conducted for several surgical procedures.

Objectives: This study aims to predict the difficulty score of spinal anaesthesia to scale back the complications and ultimately improve anaesthesia quality.

Materials and Methods: Patients undergoing various surgeries involving spinal anaesthesia were taken in this study and several parameters like demographic details, body mass index, spinous process condition were recorded pre operatively to see how they influenced the difficulty of performing spinal anesthesia on them.

Results: Out of the 101 patients enrolled in this study, 53 underwent an easy SA by the first attempt in the first space. It was moderate in 36 and difficult in 12 patients.

Conclusion: Considering the examination of patients with respect to BMI, lumbar spinous process status and deformities, radiological signs of lumbar vertebrae can be helpful in predicting how difficult the SA procedure is going to be.