Real-time ultrasound-guided spinal anesthesia using the SonixGPS® needle tracking system: A case report

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-53

  Wong, Simon W ^a   Niazi, Ahtsham U ^a   Chin, Ki J ^a   Chan, Vincent W ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE;

AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY MONITORING DEVICE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC NEEDLE TRACKING SYSTEM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL NEEDLE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEEDLES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84872597409     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-012-9809-2     Document Type: Article

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