Combined ultrasound and nerve stimulation-guided thoracic epidural catheter placement for analgesia following anterior spine fusion in scoliosis

Pain Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 230-234

  Pandin, Pierre ^a   Haentjens, Lionel ^a   Salengros, Jean Corentin ^a   Quintin, Jeam ^a   Barvais, Luc ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epidural; Nerve stimulation; Scoliosis; Ultrasound guided

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANALGESIC AGENT; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PARACETAMOL; PIRITRAMIDE; PROPOFOL; RANITIDINE; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; THORACOTOMY;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADOLESCENT; AMIDES; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DICLOFENAC; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PIRINITRAMIDE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 65449189095     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2009.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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