Acknowledgements. Introduction: Why investigate atypical epidural blocks? The technique of epidurography. The typical epidurogram. Complicated epidural blocks. The subdural and intradural spaces. Failed epidural blocks and misplaced catheters. Failed epidural blocks due to an obstructive septum. Spinal deformity and epidural block. An assessment of epidural catheters: the role of epidurograms. Conclusions.
Clive Bourn Collier MD, MRCP, FRCA, FANZCA, Visiting Obstetric
Anaesthetist, Prince of Wales Private Hospital, Barker Street,
Randwick NSW 2031, Australia
Clive Collier is senior specialist anaesthetist at The Prince of
Wales Private Hospital in Sydney, having previously been the
Director of Anaesthetics at The Women's Hospital (Crown Street). He
is one of the most highly qualified and experienced obstetric
anaesthetists worldwide, with more than 36 years in the speciality,
and personal experience of more than 20,000 epidural and spinal
blocks. He has lectured widely and published almost 80 articles in
the medical literature, as well as authoring two books.
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epidural space after having read his book.”
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recommend it for any department, and for anyone with a major
interest in epidural anaesthesia.”
—I.F. Russell, Hull, UK in British Journal of Anaesthesia
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which influence the spread of local anaesthetics within the
epidural space after having read his book."
—LAH Critchley, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
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