Epidural puncture can be confirmed by the Queckenstedt-test procedure in patients with cervical spinal canal stenosis

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 256-261

  Yokoyama, T ^a   Ushida, T ^a   Yamasaki, F ^a   Inoue, S ^a   Sluka, K A ^b  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmation; Epidural pressure; Epidural puncture; Monitoring; Queckenstedt test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TWITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUECKENSTEDT TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUNCTURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPINE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 38149078018     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01506.x     Document Type: Article

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