The shoulder block: A new alternative to interscalene brachial plexus blockade for the control of postoperative shoulder pain

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 575-581

  Price, D J ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Axillary nerve; Interscalene nerve block; Shoulder surgery; Suprascapular nerve

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; ROPIVACAINE;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMERUS; INNERVATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 34548248639     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0703500418     Document Type: Review

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