Continuous brachial plexus blockade for digital replantations and toe-to-hand transfers

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 24-27

  Kurt, Ercan ^a   Ozturk, Serdar ^a   Isik, Selcuk ^a   Zor, Fatih ^a,b  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Corlu Askeri Hast Plast Cerrahi K ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus blockade; Replantation; Toe to hand transfer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TOE; VASOSPASM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FINGER INJURIES; HAND; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; REPLANTATION; TOES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 11144223561     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000139568.57928.86     Document Type: Article

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