Needle to nerve proximity: What do the animal studies tell us?

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 290-302

  MacFarlane, Alan James Robert ^a   Bhatia, Anuj ^b   Brull, Richard ^b  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMPEDANCE; INJECTION; MICROSCOPY; NEEDLE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERINEURIUM; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; ULTRASOUND;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEEDLES; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 79955615651     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e318217a9ed     Document Type: Review

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