The utility of ultrasound imaging in predicting ease of performance of spinal anesthesia in an orthopedic patient population

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-38

  Chin, Ki Jinn ^a   Ramlogan, Reva ^a   Arzola, Cristian ^b   Singh, Mandeep ^a   Chan, Vincent ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DURA MATER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SPINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84872065701     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3182734927     Document Type: Article

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