Neurologic complications of regional anesthesia

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 554-560

  Barrington, Michael J ^a   Snyder, Gabriel L ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

adverse effects; injuries; methods; nerve block; peripheral nerves

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CLOPIDOGREL;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENDONEURIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAMINECTOMY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PERINEURIUM; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCKADE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 80052680597     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32834ae1f7     Document Type: Review

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