A retrospective analysis was done on 100 patients who had received cervical epidural
steroid injections for neck pain and cervical radiculopathy to identify the predictors of …

A statistical model was developed: 1) to compare the efficacy of patient-controlled analgesia
(PCA) and traditional intramuscular (IM) opioids for pain relief in 40 patients after total knee …

The differential levels of sensory blockade of pinprick, cold, and touch were monitored
throughout the course of spinal anesthesia administered to 50 patients to determine …

Methods In dissections on 65 cadavers the authors located the sympathetic chain and its
ganglia in three dimensions with respect to the vertebral column: cephalad-caudad in the …

We examined the effects of the following variables on interpleural analgesia after
thoracotorny: addition of epinephrine to local anesthetic, thoracostomy drainage, two …

Epidural morphine injection followed by a steroid has been reported to be effective for the
post-laminectomy pain ('failed back') syndrome. This double-blind, parallel study was …

A randomized double-blind, study was conducted in 50 orthopedic patients to determine the
effect of epinephrine and phenylephrine on the anesthetic properties of intrathecally …

Both regional intravenous guanethidine and reserpine have been reported as effective in
the treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy. Reserpine depletes storage of …

Background and Objectives. The origin and the presence of negative pressure in the
epidural space as well as the relationship of the extent of epidural anesthesia to epidural …

Background Epidural lipomatosis (EL) is an increase of adipose tissue, normally occurring in
the epidural space, sufficient to distort the thecal sac and compress neural elements. There …