Complications associated with lumbar laminectomy: A comparison of spinal versus general anesthesia

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 2542-2547

  McLain, Robert F ^a   Bell, Gordon R ^a   Kalfas, Iain ^a   Tetzlaff, John E ^a   Yoon, Helen J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Complications; Lumbar; Spinal anesthesia; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; URINE RETENTION;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 14844343336     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000144834.43115.38     Document Type: Article

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