The efficacy of axillary block for surgical procedures about the elbow

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 747-751

  Schroeder, Lawrence E ^a   Horlocker, Terese T ^a   Schroeder, Darrell R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MEPIVACAINE;

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; DRUG EFFICACY; ELBOW INJURY; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE STIMULATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SENSORY NERVE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BUPIVACAINE; CLAVICLE; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ELBOW; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MEPIVACAINE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NECK MUSCLES; NERVE BLOCK; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PARESTHESIA; RADIUS; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA;

EID: 0029910239     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199610000-00015     Document Type: Article

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