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Direction of catheter insertion and the incidence of paresthesia during continuous epidural anesthesia in the elderly patients

BACKGROUND: Continuous epidural anesthesia is useful for endoscopic urologic surgery, as mostly performed in the elderly patients. In such a case, it is necessary to obtain successful sacral anesthesia, and the insertion of epidural catheter in the caudad direction may be needed. However, continuous...

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Autores principales: Kim, Jong-Hak, Lee, Jun Seop, Kim, Dong Yeon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Anesthesiologists 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3668107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23741568
http://dx.doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2013.64.5.443