A review of the benefits and pitfalls of phantoms in ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 162-170

  Hocking, Graham ^a,b   Hebard, Simon ^b   Mitchell, Christopher H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATIN;

CADAVER; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEEDLE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANIMALS; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79952180402     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31820d4207     Document Type: Review

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