Dural puncture with a 26-gauge spinal needle affects spread of epidural anesthesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1040-1042

  Suzuki, Nobuaki ^a,c   Koganemaru, Mikako ^a   Onizuka, Shin ^b   Takasaki, Mayumi ^b  

^a Department of Anesthesia   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c Prefectural Nichinan Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DURA MATER; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029988712     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199605000-00028     Document Type: Article

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