Posterior versus anterolateral approach interscalene catheter placement: A prospective randomized trial

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-133

  Fredrickson, Michael J ^a,b   Ball, Craig M ^b   Dalgleish, Adam J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Auckland Southern Cross Hospital Group   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALFENTANIL; DICLOFENAC; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; OMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANTEROLATERAL INTERSCALENE CATHETER PLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG USE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTERIOR INTERSCALENE CATHETER PLACEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER SURGERY; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AMIDES; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER; SUPINE POSITION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 79952159136     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31820d5ee6     Document Type: Article

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