Bilateral severe pain at L3-4 after spinal anaesthesia with hyperbaric 5% lignocaine

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 328-329

  Rodriguez Chinchilla R ^a   Rodriguez Pont A ^a   Pintanel, T ^a   Vidal Lopez F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, subarachnoid; Anaesthetics local, lignocaine; Complications, neurological

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIPYRONE; LIDOCAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATOME; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LEG PAIN; MALE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0030040608     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/76.2.328     Document Type: Article

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