Should we stop doing blind transversus abdominis plane blocks?

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 499-502

  McDermott, G ^a   Korba, E ^a   Mata, U ^a   Jaigirdar, M ^a   Narayanan, N ^a   Boylan, J ^a   Conlon, N ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

abdominal wall; Anaesthesia, regional; Complications

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 84857352336     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer422     Document Type: Article

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