The feasibility of micro-ultrasound as a tool to image peripheral nerves

Anaesthesia

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 190-196

  Chandra, A ^a   Eisma, R ^a   Felts, P ^a   Munirama, S ^b   Corner, G A ^a   Demore, C E M ^a,c   McLeod, G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c Canada   (Canada)

^d NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

peripheral nerves: anatomy; regional anaesthesia: mechanism of injury; ultrasound structures: echogenicity

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC NEEDLE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBALMING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMORAL NERVE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEEDLE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; RADIAL NERVE; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; NERVE BLOCK; PROCEDURES;

CADAVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 85006173632     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.13708     Document Type: Article

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