Successful interscalene block with a nerve stimulator may also result after a pectoralis major motor response

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 491-493

  Tonidandel, William L ^a   Mayfield, James B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Interscalene block; Nerve stimulator; Pectoralis major muscle

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; MEPIVACAINE; SODIUM CARBONATE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE STIMULATION; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0036745926     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rapm.2002.34332     Document Type: Article

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