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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Những tác giả chính: Timur Sellmann, Victoria Bierfischer, Andrea Schmitz, Martin Weiss, Stefanie Rabenalt, Colin MacKenzie, Peter Kienbaum
Định dạng: Bài viết
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Loạt:The Scientific World Journal
Truy cập trực tuyến:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/610635