Piezoelectric vibrating needle and catheter for enhancing ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1858-1860

  Klein, Stephen M ^a   Fronheiser, Matthew P ^a   Reach, John ^a   Nielsen, Karen C ^a   Smith, Stephen W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYAMIDE;

AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CATHETER; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG; MALE; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; ULTRASOUND; VIBRATION;

EID: 36549022133     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000286814.79988.0a     Document Type: Article

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