Radicular acute pain after epidural anaesthesia with the technique of loss of resistance with normal saline solution

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 168-171

  Gracia, J ^a   Gomar, C ^a   Riambau, V ^b   Cardenal, C ^c  

^a Department of Anaesthesiology ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques; epidural; Complications; radicular pain

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMEN; AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EPIDURAL SPACE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADICULAR PAIN; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SUPINE POSITION; TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0032958753     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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