Leg and back pain after spinal anaesthesia involving hyperbaric 5% lignocaine

Anaesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 391-393

  Salmela, L ^a   Aromaa, U ^a   Cozanitis, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, regional; spinal; Anaesthetic, local; lignocaine, hyperbaric; Complications; neurological

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LIDOCAINE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN;

EID: 0029881521     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb07755.x     Document Type: Article

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