Table 4.

Recommended Intrathecal Catheter Tip Location Based on Pain Location

Pain Location	Vertebral Body Catheter Tip Location
Brachial plexus	C3-5
Arm	C3-5
Breast	T1-2
Upper chest wall	T3-4
Visceral abdomen	T5-6
Lower chest wall	T6-7
Abdominal wall	T6-7
Pelvis	T9-12
Leg	T10
Sacral	Vertebral body at level of conus

Note: Reproduced from Chen GH, Spiegel MA, Magram YC, et al. Evaluation of fixed intrathecal bupivacaine infusion doses in the oncologic population. Neuromodulation. 2020;23(7):984–990. © 2020 International Neuromodulation Society, with permission from John Wiley and Sons.¹²¹