Phrenic nerve-sparing ultrasound-guided interscalene brachial plexus block in a patient with a contralateral pneumonectomy

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 618-

  Jack, Nigel T M ^a   Renes, Steven H ^b   Bruhn, Jörgen ^b   Van Geffen, Geert J ^b  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; ROPIVACAINE;

AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CASE REPORT; DERMATOME; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG RESECTION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEEDLE; PAIN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PHRENIC NERVE; PNEUMONECTOMY; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 74549218803     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181b4d0f1     Document Type: Letter

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