Two cases of epidural anesthesia using ultrasound imaging

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 702-705

  Kawaguchi, Ryoichi ^a   Yamauchi, Masanori ^a   Sugino, Shigekazu ^a   Tsukigase, Nobuko ^a   Omote, Keiichi ^b   Namiki, Akiyoshi ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Minami Sanjo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidural anesthesia; Resident; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PUNCTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; CHILD; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; SPINAL PUNCTURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34250794496     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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