TY - BOOK AU - Mohamed Adly Elramely AU - Ahmed Shaker Ragab , AU - Maie Kamal Eldeen Helaly , AU - Wafa Taha Salem , TI - Comparative study between conventional and ultrasound guided thoracic epidural analgesia in cancer patients undergoing thoraco-abdominal surgery / PY - 2008/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohamed Adly Elramely , KW - Cancer patients undergoing KW - Thoraco-abdominal surgery KW - Ultrasound guided thoracic epidural N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - National Cancer Institute - Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Relief; Issued also as CD N2 - This study demonstrated the usage of extra tools in epidural technique for improving epidural block. Patients were divided into two groups, group 1 who had epidural anesthesia by using ultrasound technique, and group II who had epidural anesthesia by conventional technique (loss of resistance technique) and epidural catheter position was confirmed by imaging epidurogram ER -