Incidence of epidural haematoma and neurological injury in cardiovascular patients with epidural analgesia/anaesthesia: systematic review and meta-analysis
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Epidural anaesthesia is used extensively for cardiothoracic and vascular surgery in some centres, but not in others, with argument over the safety of the technique in patients who are usually extensively anticoagulated before, during...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-09-01
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Series: | BMC Anesthesiology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2253/6/10 |