A prospective, randomized comparison between single-and double-injection, ultrasound-guided supraclavicular brachial plexus block

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 420-424

  Tran, De Q H ^a   Muñoz, Loreto ^a   Zaouter, Cedrick ^a   Russo, Gianluca ^a   Finlayson, Roderick J ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549165435     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181ae733a     Document Type: Article

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