Lumbar plexus posterior approach: A catheter placement description using electrical nerve stimulation

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1428-1431

  Pandin, Pierre C ^a   Vandesteene, Arlette ^a   D'Hollander, Alain A ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CATHETER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0036830309     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200211000-00060     Document Type: Article

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