Regional anesthesia in Marfan syndrome, not all dural ectasias are the same: A report of two cases

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1052-1057

  Baghirzada, Leyla ^a,b   Krings, Timo ^a   Carvalho, Jose C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DURA MATER; DURAL ECTASIA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MARFAN SYNDROME; NEURAXIAL ANESTHESIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PERINEAL ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SENSORY NERVE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AORTA; APGAR SCORE; BUPIVACAINE; CESAREAN SECTION; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION;

EID: 84871212032     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-012-9778-5     Document Type: Article

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