Case series: Septa can influence local anesthetic spread during infraclavicular brachial plexus blocks

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1006-1010

  Morimoto, Maki ^a   Popovic, Jovan ^a   Kim, Jung T ^a   Kiamzon, Harald ^a   Rosenberg, Andrew D ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE SHEATH; NEUROVASCULAR SHEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 38849114412     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03016635     Document Type: Article

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