The use of ultrasound to facilitate spinal anesthesia in a patient with previous lumbar laminectomy and fusion: A case report

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 482-485

  Chin, Ki Jinn ^a   Macfarlane, Alan J R ^a   Chan, Vincent ^a   Brull, Richard ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Musculoskeletal; Spinal; Subarachnoid; Surgery; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ECHOGRAPHY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SOFT TISSUE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ULTRASOUND; VERTEBRA BODY;

ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FUSION; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 70349418202     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20588     Document Type: Article

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