Echogenic Regional Anaesthesia Needles: A Comparison Study in Thiel Cadavers

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 702-707

  Guo, Shuo ^a   Schwab, Andreas ^b   McLeod, Graeme ^a   Corner, George ^b   Cochran, Sandy ^a   Eisma, Roos ^a   Soames, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Cadaver; Needle; Regional; Thiel; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVES; CADAVER; CLINICAL PRACTICES; COMPARISON STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECHOGENIC; INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS; INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENT; INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTIONS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; NERVE BLOCK; ORDINAL SCALE; OUT-OF-PLANE; RECEIVER OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS; REGIONAL; STANDARD PROCEDURES; THIEL; ULTRASOUND BEAMS; ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE; UPPER ARM;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; LOGISTICS; STANDARDS; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS; VISIBILITY; VISUALIZATION;

NEEDLES;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INJECTION SITE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEEDLE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; CADAVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEEDLES; PILOT PROJECTS; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84857715912     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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