Quantitative and selective assessment of sensory block during lumbar epidural anaesthesia with 1% or 2% lidocaine

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 718-722

  Sakura, Shtntchi ^a   Sumi, Mariko ^a   Yamada, Yuko ^a   Satto, Yoji ^a   Kosaka, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, epidural; Anaesthetics local, lidocaine; Nerve, transmission

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NERVE STIMULATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TOUCH; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0031740682     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/81.5.718     Document Type: Article

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