Clinical Study
Real-Time Ultrasound-Guided Spinal Anaesthesia: A Prospective Observational Study of a New Approach
Table 1
Patient characteristics.
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| Total Patients (n) | 100 | | | Gender (n) | M: 37, F: 63 | Total knee arthroplasty | 61 | Age (yrs) | 66 ± 11 | Total hip arthroplasty (THA) | 24 | Range 39–86 | Height (m) | 1.7 ± 0.1 | Revision THA | 3 | Range 1.7–1.9 | Weight (kg) | 83.5 ± 18.1 | Other knee surgery | 4 | Range 45–146 | BMI (kg·m−2) | 30.4 ± 5.9 | Other lower limb surgery | 9 | Range 17.6–52.1 |
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Values expressed as number n (= % patients) or mean ± SD.
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