A practical review of perineural versus intraneural injections: A call for standard nomenclature

International Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Sala Blanch, Xavier ^a   Vandepitte, Catherine ^b   Laur, John J ^c   Horan, Patrick ^d   Xu, Daquan ^d   Reina, Miguel Angel ^e   Karmakar, Manoj Kumar ^f   Clark, Thomas B ^g   Hadzic, Admir ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Clinique Saint Anne Saint Remi   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^f CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g LOGAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United States)

^h New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HISTOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRANEURAL INJECTION; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE ROOT; NERVE SHEATH; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PERINEURIUM; PERINEURIUM INJECTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

HUMANS; INJECTIONS; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79959914410     PISSN: 00205907     EISSN: 15371913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AIA.0b013e31821bbb47     Document Type: Conference Paper

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