Combined popliteal and posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh blocks for short saphenous vein stripping in outpatients: An alternative to spinal anesthesia

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 618-622

  Vloka, Jerry D ^b   Hadzic, Admir ^c   Mulcare, Robert ^c   Lesser, Jonathan B ^c   Koorn, Robert ^c   Thys, Daniel M ^a  

^a Coll Phys Surgs Columbia Univ ^*  (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ambulatory anesthesia; Anesthetic techniques: regional; Block; Posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh; Sciatic popliteal

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL PERFUSION; SCIATIC NERVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; VEIN STRIPPING;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SKIN; THIGH; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0031436305     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(97)00150-5     Document Type: Article

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