Lateral ultrasound-guided paravertebral blockade: An anatomical-based description of a new technique

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 526-532

  Marhofer, P ^a   Kettner, S C ^a   Hajbok, L ^a   Dubsky, P ^a   Fleischmann, E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

anaesthetic techniques, regional, paravertebral; anaesthetics local, ropivacaine; anatomy; equipment, ultrasound machines

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BODY MASS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PLEURA; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PLEURA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77956941067     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeq206     Document Type: Article

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