Chronic Abdominal Wall Pain and Ultrasound-Guided Abdominal Cutaneous Nerve Infiltration: A Case Series

Pain Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 382-386

  Kanakarajan, Saravanakumar ^a   High, Kristina ^a   Nagaraja, Ravi ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome; Abdominal Wall Pain; Ultrasound Guided Injection

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN NERVE;

EID: 79953051832     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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