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Tunnelled epidural catheters for routine use: description of a technique
1Department of Anaesthesia, King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, Subiaco, Western Australia.
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
|December 1, 1994
Abstract:
A simple technique for routine tunnelling of epidural catheters is described. It represents a simplified version of subcutaneous tunnelling as commonly performed in chronic pain patients. In 200 obstetric and gynaecological patients to date, only two catheters have become dislodged prematurely.