Epidural anesthesia in elective lumbar microdiscectomy surgery: Is it safe and effective?

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 117-120

  Akakin, Akin ^a   Yilmaz, Baran ^a   Akay, Alp ^a   Sahin, Soner ^b   Eksi, Murat Sakir ^c   Konya, Deniz ^a  

^a BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Radiology   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural anesthesia; Lumbar microdiscectomy; Neurosurgery; Regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84939124728     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.11549-14.0     Document Type: Article

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