Changing body position alters the location of the spinal cord within the vertebral canal: A magnetic resonance imaging study

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 804-809

  Ranger, M R B ^a,b   Irwin, G J ^a   Bunbury, K M ^a,c   Peutrell, J M ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b MATER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, epidural; Anaesthetic techniques, subarachnoid; Analgesic techniques, extradural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONUS MEDULLARIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

EID: 56449095701     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen295     Document Type: Article

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