A magnetic resonance imaging analysis of the infraclavicular region: Can brachial plexus depth be estimated before needle insertion?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1184-1188

  Cornish, Philip B ^a   Nowitz, Michael ^b  

^a NELSON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Wakefield Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLAVICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX WALL;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK;

EID: 15544391010     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000144418.15767.C8     Document Type: Article

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