Editorial: Ultrasound in regional anesthesia: Where should the "focus" be set?

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 531-533

  Sites, Brian D ^a   Neal, Joseph M ^b   Chan, Vincent ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; EDITORIAL; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCIATIC NERVE; ULTRASOUND; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY;

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; SCIATIC NERVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 74549134556     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181c0f025     Document Type: Editorial

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