A needle guide can facilitate visualization of needle passage in ultrasound-guided nerve blocks

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 230-232

  Wang, Ai Zhong ^a   Zhang, Wei Xing ^a   Jiang, Wei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; ULTRASOUND GUIDED NERVE BLOCK;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 65649128195     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2008.08.014     Document Type: Letter

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