Ultrasound-guided thoracic paravertebral blockade: A cadaveric study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1735-1739

  Cowie, Brian ^a   McGlade, Desmond ^a   Ivanusic, Jason ^b   Barrington, Michael J ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DERMATOME; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; MALE; PARAVERTEBRAL SPACE; PREVERTEBRAL SPACE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CADAVER; CATHETERIZATION; COLORING AGENTS; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 77953192194     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181dd58b0     Document Type: Article

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