Neuraxial techniques in patients with pre-existing back impairment or prior spine interventions: A topical review with special reference to obstetrics

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 910-917

  Vercauteren, M ^a   Waets, P ^b   PitkInen M ^c   FOrster J ^c  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Heilig Hart Ziekenhuis   (Belgium)

^c ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTICOSTEROID; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; OPIATE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

BACKACHE; BLOOD PATCH; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HARRINGTON INSTRUMENTATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR SURGERY; MINIPUMP; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEURAXIAL ANESTHESIA; OBSTETRIC PATIENT; OBSTETRICS; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; QUADRIPLEGIA; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RELAPSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHETICS; BACK PAIN; BLOOD PATCH, EPIDURAL; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPIDURAL SPACE; FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; NERVE BLOCK; PARAPLEGIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPINE;

EID: 80052278549     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2011.02443.x     Document Type: Review

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