Ultrasound guidance in caudal epidural needle placement

Anesthesiology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 181-184

  Chen, Carl P C ^a   Tang, Simon F T ^a   Hsu, Tsz Ching ^a   Tsai, Wen Chung ^a   Liu, Hung Pin ^a   Chen, Max J L ^a   Date, Elaine ^a,b   Lew, Henry L ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; ISCHIALGIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NEEDLES; SCIATICA;

EID: 3042635980     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200407000-00028     Document Type: Article

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