Effect of epidural anesthesia on colorectal anastomosis: A tonometric assessment

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 958-961

  Sala, Carlos ^a,b   García Granero, Eduardo ^a   Molina, María J ^a   García, Jose V ^a   Lledo, Salvador ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anastomotic blood flow; Anastomotic dehiscence; Anastomotic ischemia; Colorectal anastomosis; Epidural anesthesia; Splanchnic blood flow; Tonometry

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; BUPIVACAINE; COLON; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RECTUM; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0343416988     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02051205     Document Type: Article

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