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

BackgroundContinuous 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 e...

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Main Authors: Jong-Hak Kim, Jun Seop Lee, Dong Yeon Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Anesthesiologists 2013-05-01
Series:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
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Online Access:http://ekja.org/upload/pdf/kjae-64-443.pdf