Case Report: Limitation of Local Anesthetic Spread During Ultrasound-Guided Interscalene Block. Description of an Anatomic Variant With Clinical Correlation

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-359

  Abrahams, Matthew S ^a   Panzer, Oliver ^b   Atchabahian, Arthur ^b   Horn, Jean Louis ^a   Brown, Anthony R ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Brachial plexus anatomy; Interscalene block; Ulnar sparing; Ultrasound guided regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE ROOT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; SHOULDER;

EID: 48149105682     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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