Cutaneous Sensory Block Area, Muscle-Relaxing Effect, and Block Duration of the Transversus Abdominis Plane Block: A Randomized, Blinded, and Placebo-Controlled Study in Healthy Volunteers

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 355-362

  Støving, Kion ^a   Rothe, Christian ^a   Rosenstock, Charlotte V ^a   Aasvang, Eske K ^a   Lundstrøm, Lars H ^a   Lange, Kai H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; ROPIVACAINE; AMIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ANESTHETIC NEEDLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS SENSORY BLOCK AREA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE THICKNESS; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DENMARK; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; INNERVATION; PROCEDURES; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DENMARK; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN THRESHOLD; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947319270     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000252     Document Type: Article

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