Prediction of the distance from the skin to the lumbar epidural space in the Greek population, using mathematical Models

Pain Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-134

  Stamatakis, Emmanouil ^a   Moka, Eleni ^a,b   Siafaka, Ioanna ^a   Argyra, Erifilli ^a   Vadalouca, Athina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Creta Interclinic Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Epidural distance; Epidural space; Epidural technique; Spinal anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE BLOCK; PREDICTION; SKIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 27944438498     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2005.05209.x     Document Type: Article

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