TY  - JOUR
T1  - Examination Of The Relationship Between Body Mass Index And The Skin-Epidural Space Distance Measured By Ultrasound In The Lumbar Region
TT  - Examination Of The Relationship Between Body Mass Index And The Skin-Epidural Space Distance Measured By Ultrasound In The Lumbar Region
AU  - Kaytancı, Damla
AU  - Küçükgüçlü, Semih
AU  - Büyükçoban, Sibel
AU  - Şimşek, Muhammet Kürşat
AU  - Barış, Mustafa Mahmut
AU  - Ellidokuz, Hülya
PY  - 2025
DA  - January
Y2  - 2024
DO  - 10.30621/jbachs.1507502
JF  - Journal of Basic and Clinical Health Sciences
JO  - JBACHS
PB  - Dokuz Eylul University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2564-7288
SP  - 76
EP  - 84
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - The aim of the study; to investigate whether there is a relationship between body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue and the skin-epidural space distance measured by ultrasonography.
KW  - epidural
KW  - regionelanesthesia
KW  - subcutaneosfatthickness
KW  - bodymassindex
KW  - ultrasound
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.1507502
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/4032839
ER  -