Ultrasound-guided suprascapular nerve block: A correlation with fluoroscopic and cadaveric findings

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-148

  Peng, Philip W H ^a   Wiley, Michael J ^c   Liang, James ^a   Bellingham, Geoff A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN; SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; BURSITIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SCAPULA;

BURSITIS; CADAVER; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; SCAPULA; SHOULDER PAIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77950348813     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-009-9234-3     Document Type: Article

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