A case of cerebrospinal fluid leak in an infant after spinal anesthesia

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 217-219

  Allee, Joy I ^a   Goins, Kathryn M ^a   Berde, Charles B ^a,b   McCann, Mary Ellen ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Cerebral spinal fluid; Infant; Pediatric; Spinal anesthesia: Complication

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION NEEDLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJECTION SITE SWELLING; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL NEEDLE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 84877992717     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: 18734529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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