Identification of the lumbar intervertebral level using ultrasound imaging in a post-laminectomy patient

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-233

  Yamauchi, Masanori ^a   Honma, Eiji ^b   Mimura, Mitsuko ^b   Yamamoto, Hiroki ^b   Takahashi, Emi ^b   Namiki, Akiyoshi ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

FF bypass; Laminectomy; Spinal block; Ultrasound; X ray

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; PROPOFOL;

AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DURA MATER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMOROFEMORAL BYPASS; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL CANAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; DURA MATER; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SPINAL CANAL;

EID: 33746879177     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-006-0406-9     Document Type: Article

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