Ankle block: A safe and simple technique for foot surgery

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 361-365

  Tryba, Michael ^a  

^a KLINIKUM KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ANKLE; FOOT SURGERY; FOREFOOT; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; PERONEUS NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SAPHENOUS NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; TOE;

EID: 0030829903     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-199710000-00016     Document Type: Review

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