The assessment of dermatomal level of surgical anesthesia after spinal tetracaine

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1406-1410

  Sakura, Shinichi ^a,b   Sakaguchi, Yasuko ^b   Shinzawa, Masahide ^b   Hara, Kaoru ^a   Saito, Yoji ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Miyoshi General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0034119114     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200006000-00027     Document Type: Article

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