Ultrasound images of the brachial plexus in the axillary region;Imagens ultra-sonográficas do plexo braquial na região axilar

Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 684-689

  Da Conceição, Diogo Brüggemann ^a,b,c   Helayel, Pablo Escovedo ^a,b   De Carvalho, Francisco Amaral Egydio ^a   Wollmeister, Jaderson ^a   De Oliveira Filho, Getúlio Rodrigues ^a,b  

^a SES SC ^*

^b HGCR   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy: brachial plexus; Ultrasound: peripheral nervous system

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIAL NERVE; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; ROTATION; SUPINE POSITION; TRANSDUCER; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 37349078660     PISSN: 00347094     EISSN: 1806907X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-70942007000600012     Document Type: Article

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