Bilateral sixth cranial nerve palsy after unintentional dural puncture

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 821-823

  Arcand, Geneviève ^a   Girard, François ^a   McCormack, Michael ^a   Chouinard, Philippe ^a   Boudreault, Daniel ^a   Williams, Stephan ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NEUROIMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 9444265246     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018456     Document Type: Article

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