Infraclavicular brachial plexus block versus humeral approach: Comparison of anesthetic time and efficacy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1198-1201

  Minville, Vincent ^a   Amathieu, Roland ^a   Luc, N'Guyen ^a   Gris, Claude ^a   Fourcade, Olivier ^a   Samii, Kamran ^a   Benhamou, Dan ^b  

^a TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERAL BLOCK ANESTHESIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25644451951     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000169336.25423.72     Document Type: Article

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