Ultrasound-assisted lumbar plexus block in a patient with scoliosis

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 568-569

  Factor, Danielle ^a   Perlas, Anahi ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUMBAR PLEXUS BLOCK; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; REOPERATION; SCOLIOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 78149237803     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181fa6ba4     Document Type: Letter

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