Paravertebral block: Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 637-643

  Boezaart, André P ^a   Lucas, Stephan D ^a   Elliott, Clint E ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; FONDAPARINUX; WARFARIN;

CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL HEMATOMA; SPINAL ROOT; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; ULTRASOUND;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NERVE BLOCK; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 70349091063     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32832f3277     Document Type: Review

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