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Original Articles

• The Injection of Intrathecal Normal Saline Reduces the Severity of Postdural Puncture Headache (1 July, 2001)

  Margaret M. Charsley, Stephen E. Abram
• The Effect of Distance From Injection Site to the Brainstem Using Spinal Sufentanil (1 July, 2001)

  Jeffrey D. Swenson, John Owen, Wayne Lamoreaux, Christopher Viscomi, Scott McJames, Mark Cluff
• Diclofenac and/or Propacetamol for Postoperative Pain Management After Cesarean Delivery in Patients Receiving Patient Controlled Analgesia Morphine (1 July, 2001)

  Sahar M. Siddik, Marie T. Aouad, Maya I. Jalbout, Laudia B. Rizk, Ghada H. Kamar, Anis S. Baraka
• Randomized Prospective Study Comparing Preoperative Epidural and Intraoperative Perineural Analgesia for the Prevention of Postoperative Stump and Phantom Limb Pain Following Major Amputation (1 July, 2001)

  A. W. Lambert, A. K. Dashfield, C. Cosgrove, D. C. Wilkins, A. J. Walker, S. Ashley
• Effects of Gabapentin in Acute Inflammatory Pain in Humans (1 July, 2001)

  Mads U. Werner, Frederick M. Perkins, Kathrine Holte, Juri L. Pedersen, Henrik Kehlet
• Addition of Clonidine Increases Duration and Magnitude of Vasodilative Effect Induced by Sympathetic Block With Mepivacaine in Dogs (1 July, 2001)

  Yoshiyuki Kimura, Shinsuke Hamaguchi, Yasuhisa Okuda, Toshimitsu Kitajima
• Water-Diluted Local Anesthetic for Trigger-Point Injection in Chronic Myofascial Pain Syndrome: Evaluation of Types of Local Anesthetic and Concentrations in Water (1 July, 2001)

  Hiroshi Iwama, Satoshi Ohmori, Toshikazu Kaneko, Kazuhiro Watanabe
• Confirmation of Location of Epidural Catheters by Epidural Pressure Waveform and Computed Tomography Cathetergram (1 July, 2001)

  J. N. Ghia, S. K. Arora, M. Castillo, S. K. Mukherji
• Postoperative Analgesia by Intraarticular Clonidine and Neostigmine in Patients Undergoing Knee Arthroscopy (1 July, 2001)

  Marc Gentili, Dominique Enel, Olga Szymskiewicz, Fatima Mansour, Francis Bonnet
• Clinical Usefulness, Safety, and Plasma Concentration of Ropivacaine 0.5% for Inguinal Hernia Repair in Regional Anesthesia (1 July, 2001)

  Hinnerk Wulf, Hagen Behnke, Ilka Vogel, Jörg Schröder
• Buprenorphine Added to the Local Anesthetic for Brachial Plexus Block to Provide Postoperative Analgesia in Outpatients (1 July, 2001)

  Kenneth D. Candido, Carlo D. Franco, Mohammad A. Khan, Alon P. Winnie, Durre S. Raja
• Does Alkalinization of 0.75% Ropivacaine Promote a Lumbar Peridural Block of Higher Quality? (1 July, 2001)

  Gilson Ramos, Edisio Pereira, Maria P.B. Simonetti