Clinical utility of epidural anesthesia during and after major spine surgery

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 170-173

  Ukita, Makoto ^a   Sato, Masato ^a   Sato, Kimiyasu ^a   Fukuya, Toshihiko ^a   Yoneyama, Mitsuhiko ^a   Sakuma, Takahiro ^a   Masuda, Junichi ^b  

^a Keiyu Hospital   (Japan)

^b SAISEIKAI YOKOHAMASHI TOBU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidural anesthesia; Hypodermic infusion; Postoperative pain relief; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SPINE SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE;

EID: 60749135004     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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