Ultrasound-guided subcostal and mid-axillary transversus abdominis plane block: A cadaveric study of the spread of injectate

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-63

  Murouchi, Takeshi ^a   Yamauchi, Masanori ^a   Gi, Eri ^a   Takada, Yukimasa ^a   Mizuguchi, Aki ^a   Yamakage, Michiaki ^a   Fujimiya, Mineko ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Thiel's embalming method; Transversus abdominis plane block; Ultrasound guide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; NERVE; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; NERVE BLOCK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84872580694     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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