Lateral injection using a whitacre needle with patients in the lateral decubitus position maintained for a prolonged time period produces symmetric sensory block

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 973-976

  Cui, Yulong ^a,b   Xu, Junmei ^a,b   Jiang, Xinghua ^a,b   Dai, Ruping ^a,b   Qin, Jiabi ^b   Wu, Yanqin ^c   Wen, Xinyi ^c   Li, He ^c  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Wenzhou Third People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; INJECTION; LATERAL DECUBITUS POSITION; LATERAL INJECTION; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYMMETRIC SENSORY BLOCK; WHITACRE NEEDLE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; NEEDLES; POSTURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866857556     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182536f3a     Document Type: Article

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