Locating the target nerve and infectate spread in rabbit sciatic nerve block

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 194-200

  Sung, Duk Hyun ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Nerve block; Nerve stimulator; Neurolysis; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

INDIAN INK; PHENOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FEMALE; INJECTION; INSTRUMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PERINEURIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 2542463150     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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