Three-Dimensional Ultrasound-Guided Real-Time Midline Epidural Needle Placement with Epiguide: A Prospective Feasibility Study

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• 作者：Parmida Beigi^&lowast ; ; ^{parmidab@ece.ubc.ca} ; Paul Malenfant^&dagger ; ; Abtin Rasoulian^&lowast ; ; Robert Rohling^&lowast ; ; ^&Dagger ; ; Alison Dube^&dagger ; ; Vit Gunka^&dagger ;
• 关键词：Ultrasound guidance ; Epidural anesthesia ; Single operator ; Interventions ; 3-D ultrasound
• 刊名：Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：43
• 期：1
• 页码：375-379
• 全文大小：550 K
• 卷排序：43

文摘

Current 2-D ultrasound technology is unable to perform a midline neuraxial needle insertion under real-time ultrasound guidance using a standard needle and without an assistant. The aim of the work described here was to determine the feasibility of a new technology providing such capability, starting with a study evaluating the selected puncture site. A novel 3-D ultrasound imaging technique was designed using thick-slice rendering in conjunction with a custom needle guide (3DUS + Epiguide). A clinical feasibility study evaluated the ability of 3DUS + Epiguide to identify the epidural needle puncture site for a midline insertion in the lumbar spine. We hypothesized that (i) the puncture site identified by 3DUS + Epiguide was within a 5-mm radius from the site chosen by standard palpation, and (ii) the difference between the two puncture sites was not correlated to the patient characteristics age, weight, height, body mass index and gestational age. The mean (±standard deviation) distances between puncture sites determined by 3DUS + Epiguide and palpation were 3.1 (±1.7) mm and 2.8 (±1.3) mm, for the L2–3 and L3–4 interspaces of 20 patients, respectively. Distances were comparable to intra-observer variability, indicating the potential for a thick-slice rendering of 3-D ultrasound along the Epiguide trajectory to select the puncture site of a midline neuraxial needle insertion. The long-term potential benefits of this system include increased efficiency and use of anesthesia, and a reduction in the frequency and severity of the complications from incorrect needle insertions. Epidural success in the most difficult cases (e.g., the obese) will be the focus of future work.