Tunneling and Suture of Thoracic Epidural Catheters Decrease the Incidence of Catheter Dislodgement

Background. Dislocation of epidural catheters (EC) is associated with early termination of regional analgesia and rare complications like epidural bleeding. We tested the hypothesis that maximum effort in fixation by tunneling and suture decreases the incidence of catheter dislocation. Methods. Pati...

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Autores principales: Sellmann, Timur, Bierfischer, Victoria, Schmitz, Andrea, Weiss, Martin, Rabenalt, Stefanie, MacKenzie, Colin, Kienbaum, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Materias:
Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4130313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25140337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/610635

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