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Original Articles

• Comparative Therapeutic Evaluation of Intrathecal Versus Epidural Methylprednisolone for Long-term Analgesia in Patients With Intractable Postherpetic Neuralgia (1 July, 1999)

  Atsuhiro Kikuchi, Naoki Kotani, Tetsumi Sato, Kaori Takamura, Ichiro Sakai, Akitomo Matsuki
• The Endoneurial Response to Neurolytic Agents Is Highly Dependent on the Mode of Application (1 July, 1999)

  Taina Westerlund, Ville Vuorinen, Olli Kirvelä, Matias Röyttä
• Anatomy of Soft Tissues of the Spinal Canal (1 July, 1999)

  Quinn Hogan, Jeffrey Toth
• In Vivo Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Microscopy of Rat Spinal Cord: Effect of Ischemia and Intrathecal Hyperbaric 5% Lidocaine (1 July, 1999)

  Helene Benveniste, Hui Qui, Laurence W. Hedlund, Peter C. Hüttemeier, Susan M. Steele, G. Allan Johnson
• Minimal Blocking Concentrations of Bupivacaine and Procaine in an Exclusively Nociceptive System in Humans (1 July, 1999)

  Holger Holthusen, Peter Lipfert, Wolfgang Klement
• Bupivacaine Inhibits Whole Blood Coagulation In Vitro (1 July, 1999)

  Rainer Kohrs, Christian W. Hoenemann, Nicola Feirer, Marcel E. Durieux
• Remifentanil Versus Alfentanil as Analgesic Adjuncts During Placement of Ophthalmologic Nerve Blocks (1 July, 1999)

  Shireen Ahmad, Michael E. Leavell, Robert J. Fragen, Walter Jenkins, Carl L. Roland
• Ropivacaine for Peribulbar Anesthesia (1 July, 1999)

  Grainne Nicholson, Beverly Sutton, George M. Hall
• Retrobulbar/Peribulbar Block With 0.2% Ropivacaine or 1% Lidocaine for Transscleral Cyclophotocoagulation or Retinal Panphotocoagulation (1 July, 1999)

  Helena Kallio, Päivi Puska, Paula Summanen, Markku Paloheimo, Eeva-Liisa Maunuksela