Measurement of shift of the cauda equina in the subarachnoid space by changing position

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 326-329

  Takiguchi, Tetsuo ^a   Yamaguchi, Shigeki ^a   Tezuka, Masatomo ^a   Kitajima, Toshimitsu ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CAUDA EQUINA; CAUDA EQUINA SHIFT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATERAL DECUBITUS POSITION; LEG FLEXION; LEG MOVEMENT; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; CAUDA EQUINA; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTURE; SPINAL CORD; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 70350154330     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181ac7bff     Document Type: Article

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