Is it true that injecting palmar finger skin hurts more than dorsal skin? New level 1 Evidence

Hand

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-49

  Wheelock, Margaret E ^a   LeBlanc, Martin ^a   Chung, Bryan ^a   Williams, Jason ^a   Lalonde, Donald H ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital nerve block; Local anesthesia; SIMPLE technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951768437     PISSN: 15589447     EISSN: 15589455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-010-9288-2     Document Type: Article

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