Incidence and predisposing factors of persisting backaches after lumbar epidural anesthesia with catheter (EPA) in a non-obstetrical setting;Inzidenz und pradisponierende faktoren persistierender ruckenschmerzen nach lumbaler katheterperiduralanasthesie im nichtgeburtshilflichen bereich

Anasthesiologie Intensivmedizin Notfallmedizin Schmerztherapie

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 648-652

  Kock, Sabine ^a   Hopf, H B ^a,b  

^a Kreisklinik Langen

^b Kreisldinik Langen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Back pain; Long term; Lumbar epidural anesthesia; Patient satisfaction with

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATHETERIZATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FOLLOW UP; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BACK PAIN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031728766     PISSN: 09392661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-994826     Document Type: Article

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