Cauda equina syndrome following combined spinal and epidural anesthesia: A case report

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 638-641

  Kato, Jitsu ^a   Konishi, Jumpei ^a   Yoshida, Humihiko ^a   Furuya, Tomonori ^a   Kashiwai, Akihiro ^a   Yokotsuka, Shoko ^a   Gokan, Dai ^a   Ogawa, Setsuro ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER REMOVAL; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CONVALESCENCE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FECES INCONTINENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAGET SKIN DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SURGERY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SUPINE POSITION; URINE RETENTION;

AGED; AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POLYRADICULOPATHY;

EID: 79960466553     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-011-9505-7     Document Type: Article

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