Appropriate length of epidural catheter in the epidural space for postoperative analgesia: Evaluation by epidurography

Anaesthesia

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 913-918

  Afshan, G ^a   Chohan, U ^a   Khan, F A ^a   Chaudhry, N ^a   Khan, Z E ^a   Khan, A A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL SPACE; EPIDUROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATHETERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEEDLES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION;

EID: 80052850370     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06820.x     Document Type: Article

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