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THE EFFICACY OF HANGING DROP TECHNIQUE IN CERVICAL EPIDURAL
Dr. Yazin Mead Ismail*, Dr. Rafal Rajab Hasan, Dr. Rana Qaiss Aswad
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Background: cervical epidural intervention is a highly sophisticated intervention. Loss of resistance technique is commonly used for this purpose to identify the epidural space besides hanging drop technique. Aim of study: To evaluate and asses the efficacy of hanging drop technique, in order to detect the cervical epidural space in cervical epidural intervention. Patient and method: A cross sectional study was carried out on 30 patients participated in this study in Medical city \Baghdad teaching hospital Pain management department. Between the period of 1st of June 2019 to 1st of august 2020. HD(hanging drop) technique was used to identify the epidural space confirmed by fluoroscope. Result: Successful hanging drop down into the needle was 26 cases out of thirty (86.67%) while in the other 4 cases (13.33%) the drop down of the hanging drop was not observed. Conclusion: hanging drop technique is an effective technique to identify the epidural space.
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