A Second Prone Dose Algorithm for Patients Undergoing Spinal Anesthesia During Thoracolumbar Surgeries.
Andy Y WangMichelle OlmosTameem AhsanMatthew KanterPenny LiuKonstantin BalonovRon I RiesenburgerJames KryzanskiPublished in: Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) (2022)
Use of an additional prone dose algorithm was able to achieve a 99.5% success rate, and those who received this second dose did not experience any complications or negative operative disadvantages. Further research is needed to investigate which patients are at increased risk of inadequate analgesia with spinal anesthesia.