Evaluation of epidural sensory block by thermal stimulation, laser stimulation, and recording of somatosensory evoked potentials

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 124-138

  Zaric, Dusanka ^a   Hallgren, Stig ^a   Leissner, Lena ^a   Nydahl, Per Anders ^a   Adel, Sven Olof ^a   Philipson, Lennart ^a   Samuelsson, Lars ^a   Leissner, Pehr ^a   Axelsson, Kjell ^a  

^a ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bupivacaine; epidural anesthesia; evoked potentials; laser stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; DERMATOME; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HEAT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0029927810     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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