Epidurograms in the management of patients with long-term epidural catheters: Case report

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-67

  Du Pen, Stuart L ^a,b,c   Williams, Anna R ^a   Feldman, Robert K ^a  

^a SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Swedish Tumor Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

bupivacaine; cancer pain; chronic pain; epidural catheter; epidurogram; opioid morphine

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030033827     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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