Intensity of the Stimulating Current May Not Be a Reliable Indicator of Intraneural Needle Placement

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 207-210

  Tsai, Tony P ^a   Vuckovic, Ilvana ^b   Dilberovic, Faruk ^b   Obhodzas, Muamer ^b   Kapur, Eldan ^b   Divanovic, Kucuk Alija ^b   Hadzic, Admir ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Nerve localization; Nerve stimulation; Stimulating current

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOOF AND CLAW; INTRANEURAL NEEDLE PLACEMENT; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SWINE;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; MALE; NEEDLES; SCIATIC NERVE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SWINE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 42149086697     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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