A prospective randomized study comparing perioperative outcome variables after epidural or general anesthesia for lumbar disc surgery

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 185-192

  Demirel, Cengiz Bekir ^a,b   Kalayci, Murat ^a   Ozkocak, Isil ^a   Altunkaya, Hanife ^a   Ozer, Yetkin ^a   Acikgoz, Bektas ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Zonguldak Karaelmas Universitesi Tip Fakultesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Discectomy; Epidural anesthesia; General anesthesia; Laminectomy; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037707478     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008506-200307000-00005     Document Type: Article

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