Continuous interscalene brachial plexus block

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 209-214

  Coleman, Margaret M ^b   Chan, Vincent W S ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CATHETERIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER INJURY; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0032945521     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03012597     Document Type: Editorial

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