The Role of a Preprocedure Systematic Sonographic Survey in Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 566-570

  Manickam, Baskar P ^a   Perlas, Anahi ^a   Chan, Vincent W S ^a   Brull, Richard ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nerve block; Regional anesthesia; Survey; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AXILLA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 54349122466     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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