Mechanical effects of leg position on vertebral structures examined by magnetic resonance imaging

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 429-432

  Hirabayashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Igarashi, Takashi ^a   Suzuki, Hideo ^a   Fukuda, Hirokazu ^a   Saitoh, Kazuhiko ^a   Seo, Norimasa ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Lithotomy position; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CAUDA EQUINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NERVE ROOT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINE DISEASE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

EID: 0036071059     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rapm.2002.33560     Document Type: Article

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