Electrical impedance to distinguish intraneural from extraneural needle placement in porcine nerves during direct exposure and ultrasound guidance

Anesthesiology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 479-483

  Tsui, Ban C H ^a   Pillay, Jennifer J ^b   Chu, Kinny T ^b   Dillane, Derek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; IMPEDANCE; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE SHEATH; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; SCIATIC NERVE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEEDLES; SCIATIC NERVE; SWINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 52649086709     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182c288     Document Type: Article

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