The effect of flexion on the level of termination of the dural sac in paediatric patients

Anaesthesia

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1072-1076

  Koo, B N ^a   Hong, J Y ^a   Kim, J E ^a   Kil, Hae Keum ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; ULTRASOUND; BACK; ECHOGRAPHY; FILUM TERMINALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GROUPS BY AGE; INFANT; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA SPINOUS PROCESS;

AGING; ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOVEMENT; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; THIOPENTAL;

EID: 70349317300     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2009.06031.x     Document Type: Article

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