Auditory function after spinal anaesthesia: the effect of differently designed spinal needles

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 416-420

  Erol, Atilla ^a   Topal, Ahmet ^a   Arbag, Hamdi ^b   Kilicaslan, Alper ^a   Reisli, Ruhiye ^a   Otelcioglu, Seref ^a  

^a Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and ^*  (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Audiometry; Ballpen spinal needle; Hearing loss; Spinal anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; EPHEDRINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLPEN SPINAL NEEDLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEARING LOSS; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; NEEDLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENCIL POINT SPINAL NEEDLE; QUINCKE SPINAL NEEDLE; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; HEARING LOSS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 70149095367     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32831c89d4     Document Type: Article

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