The sheath of the brachial plexus: Fact or fiction?

Anesthesiology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 563-565

  Cornish, Philip B ^a   Leaper, Christopher ^a  

^a NELSON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DYE;

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG; NERVE SHEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCIATIC NERVE;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; SCIATIC NERVE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33748201218     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200609000-00021     Document Type: Article

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