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Data on Anesthesia Reported by Researchers at Royal Perth Hospital

Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, September 19th, 2011

2011 SEP 19 -- New investigation results, "The correlation between cauda equina nerve root volume and sensory block height after spinal anaesthesia with glucose-free bupivacaine," are detailed in a study published in Anaesthesia. "We examined the association between cauda equina nerve root volume and sensory block height in 15 patients undergoing spinal anaesthesia with 0.5% glucose-free bupivacaine. Magnetic resonance imaging and a separate image segmentation program were used to calculate the volume of the nerve roots," scientists in Perth, Australia report.

"Nerve root volume was also correlated with lumbosacral cerebrospinal fluid volume and with...

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