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Following induction of general anesthesia, we inserted a radiopaque epidural catheter via the T5\/6 or T6\/7 interspace and advanced for 5\u00a0cm cephalad in the thoracic epidural space. We evaluated the paths of the epidural catheters on plain chest radiographs after surgery.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The median level for the catheter tip location was T3 (range C6\u2013T7), while the median number of vertebrae crossed by the catheter tips was 2.5. In most children, the catheters advanced straight for the first 2\u20133\u00a0cm (1\u20131.5 vertebrae) in the thoracic epidural space. However, they continued to advance straight in only 25 children, while they exhibited curved or coiled paths in the remaining 48. The catheter tips were located at higher levels in children with straight epidural catheter paths [median (range) T2 (C6\u2013T4)] than in those with curved or coiled paths after the initial 2\u20133\u00a0cm [median (range) T4 (T2\u2013T7)] (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Our findings indicate that the course of epidural catheters in children is unpredictable after the first 2\u20133\u00a0cm in the thoracic epidural space. 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