Lumbar epidural catheter insertion: The midline vs. the paramedian approach

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 839-842

  Leeda, M ^a   Stienstra, R ^a   Arbous, M S ^a   Dahan, A ^a   Th Veering, B ^a   Burm, A G L ^a   Van Kleef, J W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, epidural, technique, midline, paramedian; Gender; Intraoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESTHESIA;

EID: 28444441276     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 02650215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021505001419     Document Type: Article

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