Article
Lumbosacral cerebrospinal fluid volume is the primary determinant of sensory block extent and duration during spinal anesthesia.
Anesthesiology - 1 Jul 1998
Carpenter R L, Hogan Q H, Liu S S, Crane B, Moore J
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND. Injection of local anesthetic into cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) produces anesthesia of unpredictable extent and duration. Although many factors have been identified that affect the extent of spinal anesthesia, correlations are relatively poor and the extent of spread remains...
Topics
- Adult
- Anesthesia, Spinal
- Cerebrospinal Fluid
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Lumbosacral Region
- Male