A transient neurological deficit following intrathecal injection of 1% hyperbaric bupivacaine for unilateral spinal anaesthesia

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 112-113

  Casati, A ^a   Fanelli, G ^a   Aldegheri, G ^a   Berti, M ^a   Leoni, A ^a   Torri, G ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Bupivacaine; Complication; Drug; Neurological; Spinal

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATOME; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEEDLE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN SENSATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0031857268     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.1998.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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