Effects of spinal needle type on lateral distribution of 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 355-359

  Casati, Andrea ^a,b   Fanelli, Guido ^a   Cappelleri, Gianluca ^a   Aldegheri, Giorgio ^a   Leoni, Albino ^a   Casaletti, Elisabetta ^a   Torri, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; TETRACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; MALE; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION;

EID: 0031849420     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199808000-00022     Document Type: Article

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