ABSTRACT
Objective To observe the influence of combined spinal and epidural anesthesia( CSEA) of different po-sitions on the anesthesia effect, anesthesia operation and hemodynamic index during cesarean section of obese par-turients. Methods Eighty obese parturients[BMI≥30] undergoing cesarean section were randomly divided into two groups, that was group A and B, with 40 cases each. In group A, the parturients were required to undergo lat-eral decubitus position with 0.5% ropivacaine hydrochloride of 2. 4 ml. In group B, the parturients were required to undergo sitting position with the same ropivacaine hydrochloride as group A. The following data was recorded, which were the percentage of one-attempt's successful epidural needle placement, the anesthesia level,the anesthe-sia effect and the hemodynamic change. All the complications were also observed,such as the supine hypotension syndrome during operation,headache after spinal anesthesia and postoperative spinal nerve stimulation. ResultsThe difference of anesthetic effect between the two groups was insignificant in statistics while group B's rate of one-attempt successful puncture was higher than gruop A ( P <0.05 ) . The difference of hemodynamic index between them was significant in statistics ( P<0.05 ) with group B's rate of supine hypotension syndrome lower than group A. Conclusion Both body positions have the same anesthtic effect for obese parturients during cesarean section while the puncture operation of sitting positon is easier than lateral decubitus position and the hemodynamic change is also more stable.