Unsuccessful attempts of removal and breakage of an epidural catheter;Difficultés de retrait puis rupture d'un cathéter péridural

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 600-602

  Dounas, M ^a   Peillon, P ^a   Lebonhomme, J J ^a   Guittard, Y ^a  

^a Centre hospitalier de Lagny Marne la Vallee   (France)

Author keywords

Catheter breakage; Complication; Epidural anaesthesia; Knotting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PUERPERIUM; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0036338918     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0750-7658(02)00683-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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