Accidental pleural puncture by a thoracic epidural catheter

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-71

  Zaugg, M ^a   Stoehr, S ^a   Weder, W ^a   Zollinger, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, regional, epidural, thoracic; Complications

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; WAKEFULNESS;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLEURA; THORACOSCOPY; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0031962777     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1998.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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