The PENCAN 25-gauge needle: A new pencil-point needle for spinal anesthesia tested in 1,193 patients

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-50

  Krommendijk, E J ^a   Verheijen, R ^a   Van Dijk, B ^a   Spoelder, E M ^a   Gielen, M J M ^a   De Lange, J J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Failure rate; Pencil point needle; Postdural puncture complaints

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CESAREAN SECTION; CLICK; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINE MALFORMATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0032950421     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1098-7339(99)90164-5     Document Type: Article

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