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Table 1 Demographic and fluoroscopic characteristics of epidurals in the studied patients

From: Fluoroscopy-assisted epidural catheter placement: the effect of dye distribution in preoperative epidurograms on postoperative analgesia

 

Total no. = 70

Age

Mean ± SD

65.1 ± 7.56

Range

50–75

ASA

II

70 (100.0%)

Type of surgery

Open prostatectomy

21 (30.0%)

Open cystolithotomy

7 (10.0%)

Radical prostatectomy

14 (20.0%)

Radical cystectomy

28 (40.0%)

Duration of surgery (hours)

Mean ± SD

5.1 ± 2.13

Range

2–8

Location of the epidural catheter tip in relation to vertebral bodies

L1

35 (50.0%)

L2

35 (50.0%)

Number of vertebral bodies above and below catheter tip location

Median (IQR)

6.5 (6–8)

Range

5–9

Laterality of dye spread in antero-posterior images

Right

14 (20.0%)

Mid-line (central)

49 (70.0%)

Left

7 (10.0%)

Dye spread anterior to the spinal cord in lateral images

No

35 (50.0%)

Yes

35 (50.0%)