A new combined spinal-epidural apparatus: Measurement of the distance to the epidural and subarachnoid spaces

Anaesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 350-355

  Hoffmann, V L H ^a   Vercauteren, M P ^a   Buczkowski, P W ^a   Vanspringel, G L J ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic technique, regional; spinal, epidural; Anatomy; epidural space; Equipment; spinal needles, spinal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEEDLE; PARESTHESIA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0030889650     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1997.93-az0093.x     Document Type: Article

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