Transversus abdominis plane block for an emergency laparotomy in a high-risk, elderly patient

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-254

  Patil, Surekha S ^a   Pawar, Shonali C ^a   Divekar, V M ^a   Bakhshi, Rochana G ^a  

^a Padmashree Dr DY Patil Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Laparotomy; Petit triangle; Transversus abdominis plane block

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871261940     PISSN: 00195049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5049.65377     Document Type: Article

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