Intrathecal catheterization in the rat: Improved technique for morphologic analysis of drug-induced injury

Anesthesiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1184-1189

  Sakura, Shinichi ^a   Hashimoto, Keishi ^a   Bollen, Andrew W ^a   Ciriales, Ricardo ^a   Drasner, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a Department of Anesthesia ^*

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetic techniques, spinal; Catheterization, intrathecal: rat; Complications, neurologic: cauda equina; Pathology, nerve injury: axonal degeneration

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CAUDA EQUINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; POLYETHYLENES; POLYURETHANES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0029959857     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199611000-00028     Document Type: Article

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