Anesthetic Management of Lumbar Suturing as Regional Folk Beliefs

Abstract

We aim to present anesthetic management of lumbar suturing as false traditional and regional folk beliefs used for treatment of low back pain. A male patient, 57 years of age, diagnosed with nephrolithiasis, referred for ureterorenoscopic stone treatment (URS). Balanced general anesthesia was chosen instead of spinal anesthesia because of a rope which was about 5 cm radius around ecchymosed, scaly and fluctuating skin with infected inlet on patient's lumbar spine.

Keywords

• low back pain
• rope binding
• myth
• anesthesia