Anatomical configuration of the spinal column in the supine position. III. Comparison of adolescent and adult volunteers

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 508-510

  Hirabayashi, Y ^a   Shimizu, R ^a   Saitoh, K ^a   Fukuda, H ^a   Igarashi, T ^a   Furuse, M ^b  

^a Department of Anaesthesiology ^*  (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Age factors; Anaesthetic technique, subarachnoid; Anatomy, spinal column; Measurement techniques, nuclear magnetic resonance; Position, supine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; SUPINE POSITION; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 0029878190     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/76.4.508     Document Type: Article

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