Epidural catheter misplaced into the thoracic cavity: Utilized to provide interpleural analgesia
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Thoracic epidural analgesia
We read with great interest the editorial by Kamming and Davies [1] regarding the choice of thoracic epidural anaesthesia in cardiac surgery. While the authors provided an interesting analysis, we believe their conclusion regarding the 50% chance of this technique’s failure warrants further comment. Kamming and Davies reported that in two large studies [2,3] ‘epidurals have failed to achieve ad...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anesthesia: Essays and Researches
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0259-1162
DOI: 10.4103/0259-1162.150188