Hyperbaric dye solution distribution characteristics after pencil-point needle injection in a spinal cord model

Anesthesiology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 966-973

  Holman, Stephen J ^a   Robinson, Ronald A ^a   Beardsley, Daw'd ^b   Stewart, Sandy F C ^c   Klein, Leonard ^a   Stevens, Rom A ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetic techniques, spinal: pencil point needles; Anesthetics, local: lidocaine; Complications, neurological: maldistribution

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; IMAGE PROCESSING; INJECTION; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; COLORING AGENTS; INDOLES; INJECTIONS; LIDOCAINE; NEEDLES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030907709     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199704000-00027     Document Type: Article

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