Reduction of blood loss during spinal surgery by epidural blockade under normotensive general anesthesia

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 889-894

  Kakiuchi, Masaaki ^a  

^a OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

blood loss; caudal epidural blockade; cervical laminoplasty; posterior lumbar interbody fusion; spinal surgery; sympathetic blockade

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BUPIVACAINE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0030985023     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199704150-00012     Document Type: Article

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