In-plane ultrasound-guided thoracic paravertebral block: A preliminary report of 36 cases with radiologic confirmation of catheter position

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 212-216

  Renes, Steven H ^a   Bruhn, Jörgen ^a   Gielen, Mathieu J ^a   Scheffer, Gert J ^a   Van Geffen, Geert J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SENSATION; DERMATOME; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MASTECTOMY; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACIC PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CATHETERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SPINE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77952409086     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181c75a8b     Document Type: Article

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