Epidural needle with embedded optical fibers for spectroscopic differentiation of tissue: ex vivo feasibility study

Epidural injection is commonly used to provide intraoperative anesthesia, postoperative and obstetric analgesia, and to treat acute radicular pain. Identification of the epidural space is typically carried out using the loss of resistance (LOR) technique, but the usefulness of this technique is limi...

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Autores principales: Desjardins, Adrien E., Hendriks, Benno H.W., van der Voort, Marjolein, Nachabé, Rami, Bierhoff, Walter, Braun, Guus, Babic, Drazenko, Rathmell, James P., Holmin, Staffan, Söderman, Michael, Holmström, Björn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Optical Society of America 2011
Materias:
Spectroscopic Diagnostics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3114214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21698009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/BOE.2.001452

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3114214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21698009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/BOE.2.001452

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