A patient presenting postoperative spinal instrumentation obtained an anesthesia consult at 25 weeks gestation to determine the possibility of an epidural placement during labor. Dr. Stephen Garber, an Anesthesiologist at Saddleback Medical Center, used Accuro to facilitate the spinal midline identification and detection of the intervertebral space for a successful epidural placement during labor and delivery; otherwise, the chances for placing a labor epidural would have been significantly diminished.
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