Hearing loss after continuous or single-shot spinal anesthesia

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 539-542

  Lamberg, Tommi ^a   Pitkänen, Mikko T ^a   Marttila, Timo ^b   Rosenberg, Per H ^a  

^a Toolo Hospital   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Catheter; Hearing loss; Spinal anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, CENTRAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031468711     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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