Over-the-needle versus microcatheter-through-needle technique for continuous spinal anesthesia: A preliminary study

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 417-421

  Muralidhar, Varadarajan ^a   Kaul, Heera L ^a   Mallick, Piyush ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Continuous spinal anesthesia; Postoperative pain; Technique

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0032832591     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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