Ultrasound-guided umbilical nerve block in children: A brief description of a new approach

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-50

  De Jose Maria, Belen ^a,c   Götzens, Victor ^b   Mabrok, Maged ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Surgery: umbilical hernia; Ultrasonography: umbilical peripheral nerve block

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; IBUPROFEN; NITROUS OXIDE; PARACETAMOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC ARTERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UMBILICUS;

EID: 33845517424     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.02025.x     Document Type: Article

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