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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2000.38.1.35   
How Long Should a Patient Stay in Lateral Position for Unilateral Spinal Anesthesia with Hyperbaric Bupivacaine?
Seong Hoon Ko, Seung Gwan Kang, Sang Kyi Lee, Young Jin Han, Huhn Choe, He Sun Song
Department of Anesthesiology, Chonbuk National University Medical School & Hospital, Chonju, Korea
Abstract
BACKGROUND
In searching for a differential spinal block between dependent and nondependent sides, we evaluated the influence of the duration of lateral decubitus on the spread of hyperbaric bupivacaine during spinal anesthesia.
METHODS
Spinal anesthesia with 1.2 ml of hyperbaric 0.5% bupivacaine (6 mg) was administered with a 25-gauge Whitacre unidirectional needle to 50 ASA 1 patients undergoing unilateral knee arthroscopy. The patients were allocated randomly to three groups according to the duration of lateral decubitus after spinal injection in the lateral position operation side dependent: Group 1, 10 min in lateral decubitus then supine; Group 2, 20 min in lateral decubitus then supine; Group 3, 30 min in lateral decubitus then supine. Sensory and motor block (pinprick/modified Bromage scale) as well as skin temperature were compared between the dependent and nondependent sides. Circulatory variables were recorded for 10 min after being turned supine.
RESULTS
The sensory block between dependent and nondependent sides were significantly different in Group 3. In Group 1, the level of maximum sensory block was higher than Group 3 on nondependent side. There was no difference in the number of patients having achieved Grade 3 and 0 motor block among three groups on dependent and nondependent sides. The skin temperature in lateral decubitus was significantly higher on the dependent side than nondependent side in three groups. In Groups 1 and 2, the skin temperatures of nondependent side were increased after turned supine, but that was maintained during supine position in Group 3. The circulatory variables were stable in all 50 patients.
CONCLUSIONS
We conclude that when a small dose of 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine is injected into patients in the lateral position, complete unilateral spinal anesthesia is achieved when the patients arekeep in a lateral position for more than 30 min after spinal injection.
Key Words: Anesthetic technique: sympathetic block; unilateral spinal; Anesthetics, local: bupivacaine; Position: lateral


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