Analgesic effectiveness of nerve block in shoulder arthroscopy: Comparison between interscalene, suprascapular and axillary nerve blocks

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2573-2578

  Lee, Sang Mook ^b   Park, Sang Eun ^a   Nam, Yong Seok ^c   Han, Seung Ho ^c   Lee, Kwang Jin ^d   Kwon, Min Jeong ^a   Ji, Jong Hun ^a   Choi, Syung Kyun ^a   Park, Jang Su ^a  

^a Daejeon St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^d Mokwon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic surgery; Axillary nerve block; Interscalene block; Patient controlled analgesia; Suprascapular nerve block

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870289382     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-012-1950-5     Document Type: Article

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