The threshold current in the intrathecal space to elicit motor response is lower and does not overlap that in the epidural space: A porcine model

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 690-695

  Tsui, Ban C H ^a,b   Wagner, Alese ^a   Finucane, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL SPACE; HYPOTHESIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SWINE;

EID: 7044254926     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018427     Document Type: Article

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