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Spinal Anesthesia

Known as: spinal anesthetic, Anesthesia, Spinal, Anesthesias, Spinal 
A temporary loss of feeling in the abdomen and/or the lower part of the body. Special drugs called anesthetics are injected into the fluid in the… 
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Anesthesia, Conduction
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Percutaneous transperineal radiofrequency ablation of prostate tumour: safety, feasibility and pathological effects on human prostate cancer.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety of radiofrequency (RF) energy delivered interstitially in patients with prostate cancer… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Ablation of superficial bladder tumors with focused extracorporeal pyrotherapy.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Persistent sacral nerve root deficits after continuous spinal anaesthesia
Neurological deficits following spinal anaesthesia are rare. We report two cases of persistent sacral nerve root deficits after… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Local Anesthetic Distribution in a Spinal Model: A Possible Mechanism of Neurologic Injury after Continuous Spinal Anesthesia
Background and Objectives. Cauda equina syndrome has been reported recently in patients receiving continuous spinal anesthesia… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Hearing Loss After Spinal Anesthesia Is Related to Needle Size
Audiograms were performed preoperatively and 2 days postoperatively in 28 patients given spinal anesthesia for transurethral… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Effects of Oral and Subarachnoid Clonidine on Spinal Anesthesia with Bupivacaine
This study was designed to determine whether clonidine has analgesic properties, decreases the minimum alveolar concentration of… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Comparison of continuous spinal and continuous epidural anaesthesia for lower limb surgery in elderly patients A retrospective study
This retrospective study compared continuous spinal anaesthesia with continuous epidural anaesthesia for lower limb orthopaedic… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Postoperative pain control with intrathecal morphine
A clinical study of the use of intrathecal morphine in two groups of surgical patients, 32 in all, showed that the morphine… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Effect of baricity on spinal anaesthesia with amethocaine.
Amethocaine 1% solution was mixed with equal volumes of water, 0.9% saline or 10% dextrose to prepare respectively, hypobaric… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
The Effect of Nitrous Oxide on Canine Cerebral Metabolism
Cerebral blood flow and arterial–sagittal differences for oxygen have been measured in unpremedicated dogs maintained at, 37.0 C… 
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