Brachial plexus anaesthesia in children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 265-275

  Tobias, Joseph D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia: regional; Brachial plexus

Indexed keywords

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANESTHESIA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHILD; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK;

EID: 0035026443     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.00667.x     Document Type: Review

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