Prolapsed intervertebral disc after epidural analgesia in labour

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 773-775

  Forster, M R ^a,b   Nimmo, G R ^a   Brown, A G ^a  

^a VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; obstetric; Anaesthetic techniques, regional; epidural; Complications; prolapsed intervertebral disc

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0029759091     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb07894.x     Document Type: Article

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