A new anterior approach to the sciatic nerve block

Anesthesiology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1655-1660

  Chelly, Jacques E ^b   Delaunay, Laurent ^a  

^a Clinique Generale   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower extremity surgery; Mepivacaine; Peripheral nerve block; Ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

MEPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; SCIATIC NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0032760699     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199912000-00017     Document Type: Article

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