Lower extremity neuropathies associated with lithotomy position

Anesthesiology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 938-942

  Warner, Mark A ^a,b   Warner, David O ^a   Harper, C Michel ^a   Schroeder, Darrell R ^b   Maxson, Pamela M ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Complications; Positioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LEG; LITHOTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURALGIA; NEUROPATHY; OBTURATOR NERVE; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERONEUS NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0033775815     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200010000-00010     Document Type: Article

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