Nerve location in regional anaesthesia: finding what lies beneath the skin

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-5

  Marhofer, P ^a   Harrop Griffiths, W ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SKIN;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; SKIN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79952117135     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeq358     Document Type: Editorial

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