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  • Title: Anaesthesia in a gravid achondroplastic dwarf.
    Author: Brimacombe JR, Caunt JA.
    Journal: Anaesthesia; 1990 Feb; 45(2):132-4. PubMed ID: 2321715.
    Abstract:
    A patient with achondroplasia presented for elective Caesarean section under epidural anaesthesia. A block from C5 to S4 developed over 20 minutes after 12 ml plain bupivacaine 0.5%. This case serves to highlight the difficulties of regional anaesthesia in the gravid achondroplastic dwarf.
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