The influence of spinal flexion in the lateral decubitus position on the unilaterality of spinal anesthesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1017-1021

  Kim, Jin Tae ^a   Lee, Jong Hwan ^b   Cho, Chan Woo ^a   Kim, Hyo Cheol ^a   Bahk, Jae Hyon ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BROMAGE MOTOR SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; HIP; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; MALE; NEEDLE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; BUPIVACAINE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; POSTURE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885022679     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182a1ee53     Document Type: Article

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