A musculocutaneous nerve variation described during ultrasound-guided axillary nerve block

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 617-618

  Dibiane, Christelle ^a   Deruddre, Stéphane ^a   Zetlaoui, Paul Joseph ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AXILLARY ARTERY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASOUND;

AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549224527     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181b615a6     Document Type: Letter

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