Persistent back pain after spinal anaesthesia in the non-obstetric setting: Incidence and predisposing factors

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 535-539

  Schwabe, K ^a   Hopf, H B ^a  

^a Abteilung Anasthesie Intensivmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, subarachnoid; Pain, persistent back pain

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 0035057782     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/86.4.535     Document Type: Article

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