Cauda equina syndrome after incidental total spinal anesthesia with 2% lidocaine

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 66-69

  Lee, Don S ^a,b   Bui, Tra ^a,b   Ferrarese, James ^a   Richardson, Perry K ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology ^*

Author keywords

Anesthetics, local; Catheter, epidural; Cauda equina syndrome; Complications: Anesthesia: epidural, total spinal; Lidocaine 2

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE;

AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CAUDA EQUINA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0032007357     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(97)00223-7     Document Type: Article

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