Great auricular nerve blockade using high resolution ultrasound: A volunteer study

Anaesthesia

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 836-840

  Thallaj, A ^a   Marhofer, P ^b   Moriggl, B ^b   Delvi, B M ^a   Kettner, S C ^b   Almajed, M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CHEEK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EAR LOBE; EXTERNAL EAR; GREAT AURICLE NERVE BLOCKADE; GREAT AURICULAR NERVE; HUMAN; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MANDIBLE; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRICK TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EVALUATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TAIL; ULTRASOUND; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EAR AURICLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954488646     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2010.06443.x     Document Type: Article

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