Preinsertion paramedian ultrasound guidance for epidural anesthesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 661-667

  Tran, Denis ^a   Kamani, Allaudin A ^b   Lessoway, Victoria A ^c   Peterson, Carly ^b   Hor, King Wei ^a   Rohling, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Departments of Anesthesiology

^c Ultrasound British Columbia Women's Hospital and Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRA; ALGORITHM; BACK; METHODOLOGY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PREGNANCY; SPINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; PREGNANCY; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SPINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67849090631     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181a94c75     Document Type: Article

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