Sonography of Scalene Muscle Anomalies for Brachial Plexus Block

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 172-173

  Kessler, Jens ^a   Gray, Andrew T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALENE MUSCLE;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; NECK MUSCLES; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33847617847     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2006.09.011     Document Type: Letter

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