Headache after attempted epidural block: The role of intrathecal air

Anesthesiology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 76-81

  Aida, Sumihisa ^a   Taga, Kiichiro ^b   Yamakura, Tomohiro ^b   Endoh, Hiroshi ^b   Shimoji, Koki ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Loss of resistance test; Meningeal perforation; Supraspinal structure

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUNCTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031962197     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199801000-00014     Document Type: Article

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