Incidence of Paresthesia Related to the Insertion Length of Catheter during the Epidural Catheterization
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Lim, Jun Goo
(Shintong Pain Clinic)
Kim, Young Jae (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pusan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University) Cho, Jae Heung (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pusan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University) Lee, Sang Eun (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pusan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University) Kim, Young Hwan (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pusan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University) Lim, Se Hoon (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pusan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University) Lee, Jeong Han (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pusan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University) Lee, Kun Moo (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pusan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University) Cheong, Soon Ho (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pusan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University) Choi, Young Kyun (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pusan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University) Shin, Chee Mahn (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pusan Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University) |
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