Ultrasound estimates for midline epidural punctures in the obese parturient: Paramedian sagittal oblique is comparable to transverse median plane

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 829-835

  Sahota, Jagpaul S ^a   Carvalho, Jose C A ^a   Balki, Mrinalini ^a   Fanning, Niall ^a   Arzola, Cristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; DURA MATER; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL NEEDLE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL OBESITY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PATIENT COMFORT; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; PREGNANCY; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84876518604     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31827f55f0     Document Type: Article

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