An uncommon complication of thoracic epidural anesthesia: Pleural puncture [5]

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1540-1541

  Eti, Zeynep ^a   Laçin, Tunç ^a   Yildizeli, Bedrettin ^a   Dogan, Varlik ^a   Gögüs, F Yilmaz ^a   Yüksel, Mustafa ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL;

AGED; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOBECTOMY; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC CAVITY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLEURA;

EID: 17744364102     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000149046.59469.48     Document Type: Letter

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