A prospective, randomized, controlled trial comparing ultrasound versus nerve stimulator guidance for interscalene block for ambulatory shoulder surgery for postoperative neurological symptoms

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 265-271

  Liu, Spencer S ^a   Zayas, Victor M ^a   Gordon, Michael A ^a   Beathe, Jonathan C ^a   Maalouf, Daniel B ^a   Paroli, Leonardo ^a   Liguori, Gregory A ^a   Ortiz, Jaime ^a   Buschiazzo, Valeria ^a   Ngeow, Justin ^a   Shetty, Teena ^b   Ya Deau, Jacques T ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERSCALENE BLOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATOR; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER SURGERY; SKIN TINGLING; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 67650689559     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181a3272c     Document Type: Article

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