A prospective, randomized comparison between ultrasound-guided supraclavicular, infraclavicular, and axillary brachial plexus blocks

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 366-371

  Tran, De Quang Hieu ^a   Russo, Gianluca ^a   Muñoz, Loreto ^a   Zaouter, Cedrick ^a   Finlayson, Roderick J ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ARM; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUNCTURES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 70350159879     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181ac7d18     Document Type: Article

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