Comparison of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and ultrasound imaging for nerve localization

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-123

  Wegener, J T ^a   Boender, Z J ^a   Preckel, B ^a   Hollmann, M W ^a   Stevens, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

anaesthetic techniques; brachial plexus, measurement techniques; neurophysiology, regional blockade; regional; somatic, physiology; ultrasound nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79952118177     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeq285     Document Type: Article

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