Predicting orthopedic surgeons' preferences for peripheral nerve blocks for their patients

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 561-567

  Masursky, Danielle ^a,d   Dexter, Franklin ^b   McCartney, Colin J L ^c   Isaacson, Sheldon A ^a   Nussmeier, Nancy A ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMORAL NERVE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIATIC NERVE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 38549156553     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181607071     Document Type: Article

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