Prediction of the distance from skin to epidural space for low-thoracic catheter insertion by computed tomography

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 271-273

  Kao, M C ^a   Tsai, S K ^a   Chang, W K ^a   Liu, H T ^a   Hsieh, Y C ^a   Hu, J S ^a   Mok, M S ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, epidural; Anatomy, epidural space

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 0742324381     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh053     Document Type: Article

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