Interscalene block anesthesia at an ambulatory surgery center performing predominantly regional anesthesia: A prospective study of one hundred thirty-three patients undergoing shoulder surgery

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 686-690

  Faryniarz, Deborah ^a   Morelli, Christine ^b   Coleman, Struan ^b   Holmes, Tara ^b   Allen, Answorth ^b   Altchek, David ^b   Cordasco, Frank ^b   Warren, Russell F ^b   Urban, Michael K ^b   Gordon, Michael A ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; MEPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOARSENESS; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE CONTUSION; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NECK PAIN; NEEDLE; NERVE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPRAXIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SEIZURE; SENSATION; SENSORY EVALUATION; SHOULDER; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751188075     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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