The use of intraoperative ultrasound by anesthesiologists to facilitate the surgical management of peripheral nerve tumors of the upper extremity

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1845-1847

  Sites, Brian D ^a   Durham, Susan ^a   Gallagher, John D ^a   Bertrand, Marc L ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROSURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 36549027921     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000286168.09970.07     Document Type: Article

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