Compression of the subarachnoid space by the engorged epidural venous plexus in pregnant women

Anesthesiology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 848-851

  Takiguchi, Tetsuo ^a   Yamaguchi, Shigeki ^a,b   Tezuka, Masatomo ^a   Furukawa, Naoki ^a   Kitajima, Toshimitsu ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VENOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; SPINAL CORD; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 33749167405     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200610000-00033     Document Type: Article

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