A randomized trial of ultrasound-guided brachial plexus anaesthesia in upper limb surgery

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 719-725

  Soeding, P F ^a   Sha, S ^a   Royse, Colin F ^a   Marks, P ^a   Hoy, G ^a   Royse, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Paraesthesia; Regional anaesthesia: Brachial plexus, ultrasound, nerve block, interscalene, axillary

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PARECOXIB; TRAMADOL;

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NERVE BLOCK; PARESTHESIA; PERFORMANCE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 30044434946     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0503300603     Document Type: Article

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