DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200012000-00033
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PMID: 11094003
Issn Print: 0003-2999
Publication Date: 2000/12/01
Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block with a Continuous Catheter Insertion System and a Disposable Infusion Pump
Stephen M. Klein; Stuart A. Grant; Roy A. Greengrass; Karen C. Nielsen; Kevin P. Speer; William White; David S. Warner; Susan M. Steele
Abstract
ImplicationsThis study demonstrates that it is possible to achieve successful interscalene brachial plexus continuous catheter insertion and a high degree of persistent analgesia by using a catheter insertion system and a disposable infusion pump administering 0.2% ropivacaine.