Ultrasound Anatomy of the Radial Nerve in the Distal Upper Arm

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 217-220

  Foxall, Gillian L ^a   Skinner, Dean ^a   Hardman, Jonathan G ^a   Bedforth, Nigel M ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Peripheral nerve block; Radial nerve; Regional; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADULT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BODY MASS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMERUS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; RADIAL NERVE; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 34249342263     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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