Limitations and Technical Considerations of Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Nerve Blocks: Edema and Subcutaneous Air

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 353-356

  Saranteas, Theodosios ^a   Karakitsos, Dimitrios ^a   Alevizou, Anastasia ^a   Poularas, John ^a   Kostopanagiotou, Georgia ^b   Karabinis, Andreas ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Limitations; Regional Anesthesia; Ultrasound guided techniques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROIMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

ADULT; EDEMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 48149096746     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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