Assessment of a single-operator real-time ultrasound-guided epidural technique in a porcine phantom

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 323-324

  Brinkmann, Silke ^a   Mitchell, Christopher H ^a   Hocking, Graham ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; LETTER; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; NERVE BLOCK; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ANIMAL; CATHETERIZATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; SWINE;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SWINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84862259339     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-011-9642-z     Document Type: Letter

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