Development and validation of a new technique for ultrasound-guided stellate ganglion block

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 475-479

  Gofeld, Michael ^a   Bhatia, Anuj ^b   Abbas, Sherif ^c   Ganapathy, Sugantha ^d   Johnson, Marjorie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUOROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; BUPIVACAINE; CADAVER; COLORING AGENTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FASCIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INJECTIONS; IOHEXOL; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; NECK MUSCLES; STELLATE GANGLION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 74549172099     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181b494de     Document Type: Article

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