Regional anesthesia needles can introduce ultrasound gel into tissues

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 811-812

  Belavy, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; GEL; NEEDLE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; SWINE;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANIMALS; GELS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEEDLES; SWINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956418724     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181e4527a     Document Type: Article

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