Blocks at the wrist provide effective anesthesia for carpal tunnel release

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 656-660

  Delaunay, Laurent ^a   Chelly, Jacques E ^b  

^a Clinique Generale   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR CARPI ULNARIS TENDON; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERFORMANCE; PNEUMATIC TOOL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TENDON; TOURNIQUET; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST;

AGED; ANESTHESIA; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARESTHESIA; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST;

EID: 0034820956     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03016199     Document Type: Article

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