The efficacy of surgically placed epidural catheters for analgesia after posterior spinal surgery

Anaesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 370-373

  Turner, A ^a   Lee, J ^a   Mitchell, R ^a   German, J ^a   Edge, G ^a   Fennelly, M ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Epidural; Postoperative; Spinal; Surgery; Techniques

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0034114304     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2000.01117.x     Document Type: Article

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