Transition from nerve stimulator to sonographically guided axillary brachial plexus anesthesia in hand surgery: Block quality and patient satisfaction during the transition period

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 779-786

  Luyet, Cédric ^a   Constantinescu, Mihai ^a   Waltenspül, Manuel ^a   Luginbühl, Martin ^b   Vögelin, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Spital Bern Tiefenau   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus anesthesia; Hand surgery; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETICS; INFORMATION SERVICES; SURGERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL PRACTICES; ELECTIVE SURGERIES; HAND SURGERY; LOCAL ANESTHETICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; TRANSITION PERIOD;

ANESTHESIOLOGY;

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84878060694     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.32.5.779     Document Type: Article

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