Morphometry of sacral hiatus and its clinical relevance in caudal epidural block

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 793-800

  Aggarwal, Anjali ^a,b   Aggarwal, Aditya ^a   Harjeet, ^a   Sahni, Daisy ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Caudal epidural block; Sacral cornua; Sacral hiatus; Sacrum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; SACRUM;

EID: 72449177858     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-009-0529-4     Document Type: Article

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