Percutaneous electrode guidance using the insulated needle for prelocation of peripheral nerves during axillary plexus blocks

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 206-211

  Capdevila, Xavier ^a   Lopez, Sandrine ^a   Bernard, Nathalie ^a   Dadure, Christophe ^a   Motais, Frédéric ^a   Biboulet, Philippe ^a   Choquet, Olivier ^b  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b La Conception University Hospital ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Axillary brachial plexus block; Cutaneous electrode; Nerve block; Nerve prelocation; Nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SKIN; SKIN ELECTRODE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 2542435037     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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