Transient radicular pain following spinal anesthesia: Review of the literature and report of a case involving 2% lidocaine

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 32-35

  Fenerty, J ^a,b   Sonner, J ^a,b   Sakura, S ^a,b   Drasner, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; RADICULAR PAIN; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

EID: 0030059824     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-289X(96)80071-9     Document Type: Article

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