Computerized tomographic anatomic relationships of the thoracic paravertebral space

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1315-1320

  Oon Tan, Chong ^a   Botha, Christelle ^a   Weinberg, Laurence ^a   Story, David A ^a   McNicol, Larry ^a  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

computerized tomography; correlation; paravertebral block; paravertebral space; pleura; pneumothorax; thoracic; transverse process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERTEBRA;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION; PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK; PARAVERTEBRAL SPACE; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACIC; TRANSVERSE PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PLEURA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84888308515     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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