Ultrasound-Guided Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block: A Modified Plumb-Bob Technique

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 591-592

  Collins, Adam B ^a   Gray, Andrew T ^a   Kessler, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIST; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMAN; LETTER; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; NERVE BLOCK; RIBS; SHOULDER; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33751327557     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2006.07.006     Document Type: Letter

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