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Successful interscalene block with a nerve stimulator may also result after a pectoralis major motor response
Background and Objectives: Interscalene block of the brachial plexus is a well-established anesthetic and analgesia technique for shoulder surgery. The endpoint for successful block using the nerve stimulator has been described by previous authors as a bicep motor response (twitch) and recently by ...
September 1, 2002; Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

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