Causes and prediction of maldistribution during continuous spinal anesthesia with isobaric or hyperbaric bupivacaine

Anesthesiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1487-1494

  Biboulet, Philippe ^a   Capdevila, Xavier ^b   Aubas, Pierre ^b   Rubenovitch, Josh ^b   Deschodt, Jacques ^b   D'Athis, Françoise ^b  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anesthetic techniques; Bupivacaine; Cauda equina syndrome; Continuous anesthetics; Local anesthetics; Neurologic complications; Spinal anesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CAUDA EQUINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PRESSURE;

EID: 0031798833     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199806000-00011     Document Type: Article

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