Cauda equina syndrome after spinal anaesthesia with hyperbaric 5% lignocaine: A review of six cases of cauda equina syndrome reported to the Swedish Pharmaceutical Insurance 1993-1997

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 371-379

  Loo, C C ^b   Irestedt, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anesthetic techniques; Complications; Lidocaine, bupivacaine; Neurologic, cauda equina syndrome; Spinal

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARACHNOIDITIS; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CAUDA EQUINA; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PENILE ERECTION; PRESSURE; SENSATION DISORDERS; SWEDEN; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0032971750     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.1999.430402.x     Document Type: Review

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