Incidence of spinal haematoma after epidural puncture: Analysis from the German network for safety in regional anaesthesia

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 170-176

  Volk, Thomas ^a   Wolf, Alexander ^a   Van Aken, Hugo ^b   Bürkle, Hartmut ^c   Wiebalck, Albrecht ^d   Steinfeldt, Thorsten ^e  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidural anaesthesia; Spinal epidural haematoma

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON RESECTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PAIN; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUNCTURE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SARCOMA; SPINAL HEMATOMA; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL PATIENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859780127     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e3283504fec     Document Type: Article

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