Should laboring parturients with Harrington rods receive lumbar epidural analgesia?

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-43

  Ho, A M H ^a   Ngan Kee, W D ^a   Chung, D C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Labor; Scoliosis corrective surgery

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHILDBIRTH; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HARRINGTON INSTRUMENTATION; HUMAN; LABOR; LUMBAR SPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032701275     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(99)00086-7     Document Type: Article

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