Anatomical variations of the thoracolumbar nerves with reference to transverse abdominal plane (TAP) block
Introduction The transverse abdominal plane (TAP), formed between the transversus abdominis muscle (TAM) and the internal oblique muscle (IOM), contains the thoracolumbar nerve plexus. The plexus is anaesthetised through a blind or ultrasound-guided TAP block, mainly used for post-operative pain...
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University of Pretoria
2016
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53046 Smit, B 2015, Anatomical variations of the thoracolumbar nerves with reference to transverse abdominal plane (TAP) block, MSc Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53046> |