Ultrasound-guided interscalene block should be compared with the accepted standard for the neurostimulation technique

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-

  Fredrickson, Michael J ^a   Borgeat, Alain ^b   Aguirre, José ^b   Boezaart, André P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; FOREARM; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; NEEDLE; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND GUIDED INTERSCALENE BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCK;

EID: 62949200033     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31819a94a7     Document Type: Letter

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