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Both methods are difficult for clinicians when treating the elderly. The aim of this work is to explore the feasibility of an ultrasound-assisted modified paramedian technique for spinal anesthesia in the elderly. This would provide clinicians with a new and easy-to-operate technique.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A total of 150 elderly patients who were scheduled for urology surgery under spinal anesthesia in our hospital were randomly divided into three groups (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200950): (i) midline technique group (group M), (ii) paramedian technique group (group P), and (iii) modified paramedian technique group (group PM). All spinal anesthesia were performed by the same second-year resident.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Compared with groups M and P, group PM had significantly higher first-attempt success rate (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05, especially in patients aged 65-74\u2009years), fewer attempts (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05), and higher patient satisfaction score (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05). Compared with group M, the time taken to perform spinal anesthesia and the number of needle redirections were significantly reduced in group PM (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05). There was no statistically significant difference between groups PM and P. There were also no statistically significant differences in the cases of inconsistency between ultrasound-assisted and landmark-guided location of intervertebral space, the time taken to ultrasound-assisted location, the onset time to pain block at T<jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>, the incidence of hypotension, anesthesia effect and the incidence of headache, lower back pain, or nausea and vomiting, within 24\u2009h after surgery.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The modified paramedian technique in spinal anesthesia for elderly patients can significantly improve the first-attempt success rate, reduce both the number of attempts and procedure time, and minimize tissue damage during the operation. Compared with the traditional techniques, the modified paramedian technique combines the advantages of both the midline and the paramedian methods, and is easy to learn. It is worthy of further research and application.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Trial registration<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Prospectively registered at the China Clinical Trial Registry, registration number <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" ext-link-type=\"uri\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.chictr.org.cn\/showproj.aspx?proj=124908\">ChiCTR2100047635<\/jats:ext-link>, date of registration: 21\/06\/2021.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12871-022-01751-0","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,30]],"date-time":"2022-07-30T09:02:52Z","timestamp":1659171772000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Ultrasound-assisted modified paramedian technique for spinal anesthesia in elderly"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Wei","family":"Zeng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yisa","family":"Shi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qihui","family":"Zheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shengfang","family":"Du","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,30]]},"reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"1751_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"167","DOI":"10.1001\/jamasurg.2019.4471","volume":"155","author":"BG Maxwell","year":"2020","unstructured":"Maxwell BG, Spitz W, Porter J. 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