Axillary brachial plexus blockade: An evaluation of three techniques

Military Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 723-725

  Turkan, Hülya ^a   Baykal, Barbaros ^a   Özisik, Tahir ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PRILOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMEDICATION; SEDATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036739682     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/167.9.723     Document Type: Article

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