Role of local anesthetic spread pattern and electrical stimulation in ultrasound-guided musculocutaneous nerve block

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 334-339

  Al Nasser, Bassam ^a   Hubert, Christophe ^a   Négre, Michèle ^a  

^a Clinique du Parc Saint Lazare   (France)

Author keywords

Electrical nerve stimulation; Local anesthetic spread; Musculocutaneous nerve; Peripheral nerve blocks; Regional anesthesia; Ultrasound guidance

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NEEDLE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WRIST GANGLION; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; GANGLION CYSTS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PROCEDURES; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GANGLION CYSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; WRIST;

EID: 77956370715     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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