Incidence of genitofemoral nerve block during lumbar sympathetic block: Comparison of two lumbar injection sites

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 569-574

  Sayson, Samuel G ^a   Ramamurthy, Somayaji ^b   Joan Huffman, R N ^b  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Complications; Genitofemoral nerve; Lumbar sympathetic block; Sympathectomy

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG PAIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031468712     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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