Multilevel nerve stimulator-guided paravertebral block as a sole anesthetic technique for breast cancer surgery in morbidly obese patients

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 760-764

  Naja, Zoher M ^a   Naccache, Nicole ^b   Ziade, Fouad ^c   El Rajab, Mariam ^a   Itani, Taha ^a   Baraka, Anis ^d  

^a MAKASSED GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Breast cancer surgery; Morbid obesity; Paravertebral block

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84859905192     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: 14388359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-011-1194-4     Document Type: Article

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