Pediatric regional anesthesia: Beyond the caudal

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-26

  Ross, Allison Kinder ^a   Eck, John B ^a   Tobias, Joseph D ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMORAL NERVE; INGUINAL REGION; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVE BLOCK; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PENIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCIATIC NERVE; TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0033947668     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-200007000-00004     Document Type: Review

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