Ultrasound guidance for deep peripheral nerve blocks: A brief review

Anesthesiology Research and Practice

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wadhwa, Anupama ^a,b   Kandadai, Sunitha Kanchi ^a   Tongpresert, Sujittra ^a   Obal, Detlef ^a   Gebhard, Ralf Erich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEEP PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCK; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFRACLAVICULAR BLOCK; LUMBAR PLEXUS BLOCK; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; ULTRASOUND PLUS PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 80053544162     PISSN: 16876962     EISSN: 16876970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/262070     Document Type: Review

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