Caudal epidural blood patch for the treatment of postdural puncture headache

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 394-395

  Gerancher, J C ^a   D'Angelo, Robert ^b   Carpenter, Randall ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Astra USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0031850556     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199808000-00029     Document Type: Article

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