Ultrasound-guided posterior approach to brachial plexus for the treatment of upper phantom limb syndrome

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-108

  Tognu A ^a   Borghi, B ^a   Gullotta, S ^b   White, P F ^c,d,e  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Research Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care ^*  (Italy)

^c Policlinico Abano   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Brachial plexus; Phantom limb syndrome; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; MEPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGNOSIA; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CASE REPORT; CATHETER REMOVAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; OSTEOSARCOMA; PHANTOM PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT CANCER;

AMPUTATION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEPIVACAINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; OSTEOSARCOMA; PHANTOM LIMB; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84855824916     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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