An anatomical basis for blocking of the deep cervical plexus and cervical sympathetic tract using an ultrasound-guided technique

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 964-968

  Usui, Yosuke ^a,b   Kobayashi, Toshiya ^b   Kakinuma, Hiroyuki ^b   Watanabe, Keisuke ^b   Kitajima, Toshimitsu ^a   Matsuno, Kenjiro ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Otolaryngology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL PLEXUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 77949299677     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181c91ea0     Document Type: Article

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