Continuous Infraclavicular Block for Forearm Amputation After Being Bitten by a Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus Porosus): A Case Report

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 455-459

  Chiu, Chin Hsi ^a   Kuo, Yi Wei ^a   Hsu, Ho Te ^a   Chu, Koung Shing ^a,b   Shieh, Chia Fang ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

continuous peripheral nerve block; forearm amputation; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE;

ADULT; ALLIGATOR; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BITE WOUND; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 67651250129     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1607-551X(09)70542-X     Document Type: Article

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