Breakage of epidural catheters: Etiology, prevention, and management;Quebra de cateteres peridurais: Etiologia, prevenção e conduta

Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-233

  Hobaika, Adriano Bechara De Souza ^a,b  

^a Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte e do Hospital SOCOR

^b CET/SBA Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anesthetic techniques, regional: continuous epidural; Complications: epidural catheter

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ARTICLE; CATHETER COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; EMBASE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL CATHETER BREAKAGE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FOREIGN BODY; LAMINECTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUBLICATION; STENOSIS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TREATMENT INDICATION; X RAY;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS;

EID: 45749132108     PISSN: 00347094     EISSN: 1806907X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-70942008000300005     Document Type: Article

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