Ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block. Outcome of 510 consecutive cases

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-176

  Perlas, Anahi ^a,b   Lobo, Giovanni ^b   Lo, Nick ^a   Brull, Richard ^a   Chan, Vincent W S ^a   Karkhanis, Reena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HORNER SYNDROME; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; ULTRASOUND;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 62949221210     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31819a3f81     Document Type: Article

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