A new technique to assist epidural needle placement: Fiberoptic-guided insertion using two wavelengths

Anesthesiology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1128-1135

  Ting, Chien Kun ^a   Tsou, Mei Yung ^a   Chen, Pin Tarng ^a   Chang, Kuang Yi ^b   Mandell, M Susan ^c   Chan, Kwok Hon ^a   Chang, Yin ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL SPACE; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FIBER OPTICS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; NONHUMAN; OSCILLOSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 77951670065     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181d3d958     Document Type: Article

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