Interscalene brachial plexus anaesthesia with small volumes of ropivacaine 0.75%: Effects of the injection technique on the onset time of nerve blockade

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 54-58

  Fanelli, G ^a   Casati, A ^a   Beccaria, P ^a   Cappelleri, G ^a   Albertin, A ^a   Torri, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

ANAESTHESIA, CONDUCTION, nerve block, brachial plexus; ANAESTHETICS, LOCAL, ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; MALE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; AGED; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035133679     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.2001.00779.x     Document Type: Article

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