Lumbar tattoo and labour analgesia: a case of surgical approach

Introduction: Pregnant women with lumbar tattoo presenting for labour analgesia are currently increasing in number. Many anaesthesiologists are hesitant in placing an epidural catheter over a lumbar tattoo based on a theory that tissue coring of fragments of tattoo pigment into the epidural, subdura...

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Main Author: Duque, Mélanie (author)
Other Authors: Lopes, José (author), Ribeiro, Sandy (author), Araújo, Isabel (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.25753/BirthGrowthMJ.v26.i4.9826
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ojs.revistas.rcaap.pt:article/9826