Clinical Study
Procedural Complications of Spinal Anaesthesia in the Obese Patient
Table 3
Incidences of complications on day one postoperatively and respective operator experience.
| | Trainees | Consultants | P | Difficult anatomy | Easy anatomy | P | |
| | Transient neurological syndrome (%) | 2.2 | 1.1 | n.s. | 1.1 | 2.0 | n.s. | | Pain at insertion site (%) | 4.4 | 9.5 | n.s. | 10.0 | 6.7 | n.s. | | Urinary retention (%) | 0 | 0 | n.s. | 0 | 0 | n.s. | | PONV (%) | 11.1 | 10.5 | n.s. | 14.0 | 8.9 | n.s. |
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Values indicate total number of patients and percentage. n.s.: not significant.
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