Cervical epidural analgesia via a thoracic approach using nerve-stimulation guidance in adult patients undergoing total shoulder replacement surgery

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-260

  Tsui, B C H ^a   Bury, J ^a   Bouliane, M ^a   Ganapathy, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical epidural analgesia; Continuous analgesia technique; Epidural stimulation test; Thoracic epidural

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FENTANYL; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; ONDANSETRON; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE STIMULATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SHOULDER; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; CATHETERIZATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 33846462458     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.1184.x     Document Type: Article

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