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Intrathecal drug spread
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EditorI read with interest the review by Hocking and Wildsmith1 on intrathecal drug spread. I feel they omitted to mention an important aspect of drug spread that could have a bearing for all blocks.
They quite rightly stated that vasoconstrictors added to intrathecal local anaesthetic could prolong the duration of a block, although not affect
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1 Oxford, UK
2 Dundee, UK