Ultrasound-guided posterior approach for the placement of a continuous interscalene catheter

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-68

  Antonakakis, John G ^a,b   Sites, Brian D ^a   Shiffrin, Jeffrey ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous catheter; Nerve block; Posterior approach; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CATHETER; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE; NERVE ROOT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SHOULDER SURGERY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASTE DISORDER; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 60749116696     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/AAP.0b013e3181933a53     Document Type: Article

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