Transient radicular irritation after spinal anesthesia with hyperbaric 4% mepivacaine

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 872-873

  Lynch, John ^a   Zur Nieden, Martin ^a   Kasper, Stefan Mario ^a   Radbruch, Lukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEPIVACAINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEPIVACAINE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0030772785     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199710000-00030     Document Type: Article

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