Caesarean Section with Severe Scoliosis

You are the duty anaesthetist in a tertiary hospital. You receive a telephone call from the obstetric consultant working in the antenatal clinic today. She is with a 24-year-old woman who is currently 35/40 in her first pregnancy. The woman has been booked for a caesarean section in a week's time for intrauterine growth retardation. Medical history Severe scoliosis – corrective posterior fusion surgery at 16 years of age Height 1.45 m Weight 42 kg Body mass index 20 kg/m2