A clinical measure of the posterior epidural space depth

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 456-460

  Bevacqua, Brian K ^a   Haas, Tamara ^a   Brand, Frances ^a  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

epidural anesthesia; posterior epidural space; subarachnoid anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; BODY SURFACE AREA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0029832523     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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