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Ian A. Olson
British physician.
Associated eponyms:
Olson's point
A point for injecting local anaesthesia in the forearm.
Olson's test
Diagnosis by infiltration of local anaesthetic at Olson's point
Biography:
In 1969 Ian A. Olson was in the Department of Physiology, University of Bristol. By 2007 he was quondam Professor Of Human Morphology and Experimental Pathology.
Bibliography:
- I. A. Olson:
The origin of the lateral cutaneous nerve of forearm and its anaesthesia for modified brachial plexus block.
Journal of Anatomy, London, 1969, 105 (2): 381-382.
This article concerns the point of localisation of the lateral antecutaneous nerve of forearm, for local anaesthesia. The surgical literature in several countries now refer's regularly to "Olson's Point" and "Olson's Test"
- Eric Roulot:
Les syndromes canalaires autour du coude et de l'avant-bras. Partie 2: nerf radial et nerf médian. Forearm nerve compression. Part 2: radial and median nerve.
Revue du Rhematisme, April 2007, 74 (4): 365-370.
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