Evaluation of the longus colli muscle in relation to stellate ganglion block

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 219-223

  Atez, Yezim ^a   Asik, Ibrahim ^a   Özgencil, Enver ^a   Açar, Halil Ibrahim ^a   Yaǧmurlu, Banu ^a   Tekdemir, Ibrahim ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; HUMAN; LONGUS COLLI MUSCLE; MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; VERTEBRA BODY; ADULT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INJECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STELLATE GANGLION;

ADULT; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE BLOCK; SEX FACTORS; STELLATE GANGLION;

EID: 70349256225     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181a32a02     Document Type: Article

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