A new nerve block procedure for the suprascapular nerve based on a cadaveric study

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 607-611

  Matsumoto, Dai ^a   Suenaga, Naoki ^a   Oizumi, Naomi ^a   Hisada, Yukiyoshi ^a   Minami, Akio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

nerve block procedure; postoperative pain; rotator cuff tear; sensory branch; Suprascapular nerve

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE LESION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER SURGERY; SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE BLOCK; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SYNOVIAL BURSA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATOR CUFF; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCAPULA; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 67449161608     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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