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British Journal of Anaesthesia 2007 98(3):405; doi:10.1093/bja/ael380
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Epidural volume extension at Caesarean section

P. N. Tilakaratna

London, UK

E-mail: oxygen@freshgasflow.com

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Editor—I read with interest the article on epidural volume extension (EVE).1 The proposed mechanism of EVE is that it fills the epidural space with liquid, which results in compression of the subarachnoid space leading to the local anaesthetic in it to be pushed upwards. On the few occasions I have used EVE, I have often wondered why the injected fluid does not run back out of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

G. M. Stocks* and F. Plaat

London, UK

* E-mail: gstocks@hhnt.org


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