Spinal Anesthesia Performance Conditions and Side Effects are Comparable between the Newly Designed Ballpen and the Sprotte Needle: Results of a Prospective Comparative Randomized Multicenter Study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 512-517

  Standl, Thomas ^a   Stanek, Ales ^b   Burmeister, Marc Alexander ^a   Grüschow, Sven ^a   Wahlen, Bianca ^b   Müller, Katrin ^c   Biscoping, Jürgen ^d   Adams, Hans Anton ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c Univ Hospital Hannover Oststadt   (Germany)

^d St Vincentius Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLPEN NEEDLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPROTTE NEEDLE;

EID: 1642459991     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000097183.93259.74     Document Type: Article

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