Ultrasound-Facilitated Epidurals and Spinals in Obstetrics

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 145-158

  Carvalho, Jose Carlos Almeida ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PUNCTURE; REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 39749167926     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2007.11.007     Document Type: Review

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