Confirmation of Epidural Catheter Placement in a Pregnant Woman by using an Electrical Stimulating Epidural Catheter with Conductive Guidewire: A Case Report = Confirmation of Epidural Catheter Placement in a Pregnant Woman by using an Electrical Stimulating Epidural Catheter with Conductive Guidewire: A Case Report

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Although epidural analgesia during labor can effectively attenuate labor and delivery pain, the technique can be difficult for anesthesiologists to perform. Loss of resistance (LOR) technique to determine the epidural space is the most widely used method for epidural catheter placement. However, it is difficult to identify LOR in parturient women due to obesity and edema.
We present a case of successful administration of epidural analgesia using an electrical stimulating catheter that allowed us to confirm the epidural space in pregnant women. A 30-years-old woman with a gestation of 39 weeks and 6 days was admitted for painless childbirth. For pain control, we tried epidural analgesia and applied electrical stimulation to confirm epidural placement of the catheter. The authors could confirm the epidural space correctly using an electrical stimulating catheter in pregnant women. LOR technique with electrical nerve stimulation can increase the success rate of epidural analgesia during labor.