Case report: Neurological deficit associated with intraneural needle placement without injection

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 935-938

  Fredrickson, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; METHADONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TINGLING; VEIN PUNCTURE;

CATHETERIZATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73449091805     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-009-9200-0     Document Type: Article

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