Axillary and midhumeral approach for plexus block

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 499-502

  Büttner, Johannes ^a  

^a BG UNFALLKLINIK MURNAU   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RISK; SHORT SURVEY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031786996     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199810000-00008     Document Type: Short Survey

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