Effect of perineural anesthesia on the ultrasonographic appearance of equine palmar metacarpal structures

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-64

  Zekas, Lisa J ^a   Forrest, Lisa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Equine; Metacarpal; Perineural anesthesia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; FORELIMB; GAS; HORSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGAMENT; METACARPAL BONE; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; RADIOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENDON; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HORSES; MEPIVACAINE; METACARPUS;

EID: 0037265077     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2003.tb01451.x     Document Type: Article

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