Cubital fossa venipuncture sites based on anatomical variations and relationships of cutaneous veins and nerves

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 307-313

  Yamada, Kouji ^a   Yamada, Keiki ^a   Katsuda, Iturou ^a   Hida, Takehiko ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complex regional pain syndrome; Lateral cutaneous nerve forearm; Medial cutaneous nerve of forearm; Median cubital vein; Venipuncture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CEPHALIC VEIN; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NERVE; VEIN; VEIN PUNCTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; CADAVER; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHLEBOTOMY; SKIN; VEINS;

EID: 43249108441     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20622     Document Type: Article

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