Continuous regional anesthesia before surgical peripheral sympathectomy in a patient with severe digital necrosis associated with Raynaud's phenomenon and scleroderma

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 354-358

  Greengrass, Roy A ^a   Feinglass, Neil G ^a   Murray, Peter M ^a   Trigg, Stephen D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous regional anesthesia; Raynaud's phenomenon; Scleroderma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; FINGER NECROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NECROSIS; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCLERODERMA; SYMPATHECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0043208694     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1098-7339(03)00186-X     Document Type: Article

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