Subepineurial injection in ultrasound-guided interscalene needle tip placement

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 450-454

  Orebaugh, Steven L ^a   McFadden, Kathryn ^a   Skorupan, Havyn ^a   Bigeleisen, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77957557138     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181e859f0     Document Type: Article

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