The "three-in-one block" for treatment of pain in a patient with acute herpes zoster infection

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 575-578

  Hadzic A ^a   Vloka, J D ^a   Hertz, R ^a   Thys, D M ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Blockade; Herpes zoster; Nerve block; Pain; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CEFOXITIN; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; PARACETAMOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMORAL NERVE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; PAIN;

EID: 0031453646     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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