Ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block in obese patients

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-105

  Toshniwal, Gokul ^a   Soskin, Vitaly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL; APPENDECTOMY; CESAREAN SECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; LETTER; NEEDLE; OBESITY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SUPINE POSITION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK;

EID: 84863737138     PISSN: 00195049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5049.93368     Document Type: Letter

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