Spread of local anesthetic during an ultrasound-guided interscalene block: Does the injection site influence diffusion?

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 664-669

  Plante, T ^a   Rontes, O ^b   Bloc, Sébastien ^c   Delbos, A ^b  

^a Groupe Hosp Sud Reunion (GHSR)   (France)

^b Médipôle Garonne Private Hospital   (France)

^c CHP Galien   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SHOULDER SURGERY; SPINAL ROOT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; SHOULDER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79959839325     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2011.02449.x     Document Type: Article

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