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. Pat...

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Autors principals: Timur Sellmann, Victoria Bierfischer, Andrea Schmitz, Martin Weiss, Stefanie Rabenalt, Colin MacKenzie, Peter Kienbaum
Format: Article
Idioma:English
Publicat: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Col·lecció:The Scientific World Journal
Accés en línia:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/610635