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case_images: Patient with "J" incision and right-sided quadratus lumborum catheter. Left-sided catheter not shown in figure.
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case_images: After closure of the right abdominal "J" incision and prior to emergence, ultrasound-guided QLC were placed bilaterally (Figure 1).
case_images: Placement of linear ultrasound transducer on the posterior aspect to allow visualization of posterior aponeurosis of the transversus abdominis muscle.
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case_images: A linear ultrasound transducer was placed in the anterior axillary line and moved posteriorly until the posterior aponeurosis of the transversus abdominis muscle became visible (Figure 2).
case_images: Ultrasound image obtained to place nerve catheters. EO = external oblique muscle. IO = internal oblique muscle. TA = transversus abdominis muscle. Yellow line depicts trajectory of needle into posterior aponeurosis of transversus abdominis muscle.
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case_images: Tuohy needle was utilized to thread a nerve catheter into the fascial plane. The Tuohy was inserted from the anterior end of the transducer and advanced until this aponeurosis was penetrated (Figure 3).