Combined epidural/spinal anaesthesia: Needle-through-needle or separate spaces?

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 854-857

  Backe, Samyuktha K ^a,b   Sheikh, Z ^a   Wilson, R ^a   Lyons, G R ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WANSBECK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia obstetrical, Caesarean section; Anaesthesia, spinal, combined technique; Analgesia epidural, combined technique; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DIAMORPHINE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY POSTURE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINED EPIDURAL SPINAL ANESTHESIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE SPACE TECHNIQUE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK SPACE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; NEEDLE THROUGH NEEDLE; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; BACK PAIN; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEEDLES; ODDS RATIO; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13244266952     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021504000171     Document Type: Article

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