Selective local anesthetic placement using ultrasound guidance and neurostimulation for infraclavicular brachial plexus block

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1480-1485

  Bowens Jr , Clifford ^a   Gupta, Rajnish K ^a   O'Byrne, William T ^a   Schildcrout, Jonathan S ^a   Shi, Yaping ^a   Hawkins, Jermel J ^a   Michaels, Damon R ^a   Berry, James M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ABDUCTION; ADDUCTION; ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THUMB; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 77951718343     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181d7e07e     Document Type: Article

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