Editorial: Neuraxial blockade in patients with spinal stenosis: Between a rock and a hard place

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-15

  Horlocker, Terese T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE;

ANATOMY; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL PRESSURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; JOINT CAPSULE; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MENINGITIS; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NEURAXIAL BLOCK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OSTEOPHYTE; PARAPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SIDE EFFECT; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINAL HEMATOMA; SPINAL ROOT; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPINE; TOXICITY AND INTOXICATION;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPINE;

EID: 74049163742     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181c5b36f     Document Type: Editorial

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