Clinical implications of neuraxial anesthesia in the parturient with scoliosis

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1930-1934

  Ko, James Y ^a   Leffert, Lisa R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; BIRTH; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LOW BACK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; NEURAXIAL ANESTHESIA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73949151898     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181bc3584     Document Type: Review

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