Efficacy and safety of local versus general anesthesia in stereotactic biopsies: A matched-pairs cohort study

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 148-153

  Weise, Lutz M ^a   Bruder, Markus ^a   Eibach, Sebastian ^a   Seifert, Volker ^a   Byhahn, Christian ^a   Marquardt, Gerhard ^a   Setzer, Matthias ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

biopsy; diagnostic; general anesthesia; local anesthesia; resources; stereotactic

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILATION AND EVACUATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FAINTNESS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; POLYDIPSIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BIOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLONIDINE; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875055243     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: 15371921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e318274ce41     Document Type: Article

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