Is nerve stimulation needed during an ultrasound-guided lateral sagittal infraclavicular block?

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 403-407

  Gurkan Y ^a   Tekin, M ^a   Acar, S ^a   Solak, M ^a   Toker, K ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ARTERY PUNCTURE; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; TIME; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649211479     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02206.x     Document Type: Article

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