Instrumentation and ultrasound for epidural anesthesia
Lumbar epidural anesthesia is used for alleviating the pain of labor and for surgery. Here, a catheter is threaded through a Tuohy needle that is traditionally inserted using the loss-of-resistance technique to confirm entry into the epidural space. This research begins with a study of the loss-of...
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University of British Columbia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27488 |