Serratus plane block: Do we need to learn another technique for thoracic wall blockade?

Anaesthesia

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1103-1106

  Tighe, S Q M ^a   Karmakar, M K ^b  

^a Countess of Chester Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; LEVOBUPIVACAINE;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RECURRENCE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SERRATUS PLANE BLOCK; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORAX WALL; ULTRASOUND;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; THORACIC WALL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84885951660     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12423     Document Type: Review

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