Cesarean delivery under ultrasound-guided spinal anesthesia, in a parturient with poliomyelitis and Harrington instumentation

Purpose:To describe the anesthetic implications, and management of a medically complex parturient, who presented for Cesarean delivery (CD). The patient had poliomyelitis complicated with severe kyphoscoliosis, which had been treated with extensive spinal surgery. We used ultrasound guidance to facilitate successful spinal analgesia and anesthesia.