Anatomic consideration of caudal epidural space: A cadaver study

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 730-737

  Aggarwal, Anjali ^a,b   Kaur, Harjeet ^a   Batra, Yatindra K ^a   Aggarwal, Aditya K ^a   Rajeev, Subramanyam ^a   Sahni, Daisy ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Anesthesia; Caudal; Epidural space; Sacrum

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCCYGEAL BONE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HIATUS AND COCCYX DISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC BONE; INDIAN; LIGAMENT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEEDLE; NEEDLE DEPRESSION ANGLE; POSTEROSUPERIOR ILIAC SPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R X COUDE NEEDLE; SACRAL CORNUA; SACRAL CURVATURE; SACRAL HIATUS; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SACRAL TRIANGLE; SACROCOCCYGEAL LIGAMENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; MALE; SACRUM;

EID: 68549094575     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20832     Document Type: Article

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