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The 'whoosh' test. A clinical test to confirm correct needle placement in caudal epidural injections
M P Lewis1, P Thomas, L F Wilson
1Harlow Wood Orthopaedic Hospital, Near Mansfield, Notts.
Anaesthesia
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
We describe a previously unreported test to confirm accurate needle placement in caudal epidurals. Of 26 patients undergoing caudal epidural, 19 (73%) had correct needle placement as determined by epidurography. All of these had a positive 'whoosh' test. There were no false positives.