Comparison of transarterial and multiple nerve stimulation techniques for an initial axillary block by 45 mL of mepivacaine 1% with adrenaline

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 570-575

  Koscielniak Nielsen, Z J ^a   Hesselbjerg, L ^a   Fejlberg, V ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anesthetic techniques: regional, brachial plexus, axillary, nerve block; Anesthetics: local, mepivacaine; Complications: arrhythmia, hematoma

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; MEPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SENSORY NERVE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031970963     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1998.tb05168.x     Document Type: Article

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