Real-time ultrasonic observation of combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-31

  Grau, Thomas ^a   Leipold, R W ^a   Fatehi, S ^a   Martin, E ^a   Motsch, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, Conduction, anaesthesia epidural, anaesthesia spinal; Diagnostic Imaging, ultrasonography; Spinal Canal, epidural space

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PUNCTURE; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; ULTRASOUND; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CESAREAN SECTION; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEEDLES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0347993963     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026502150400105X     Document Type: Article

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