Femoral nerve blocks

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-17

  Nielsen, Karen C ^a   Klein, Stephen M ^a   Steele, Susan M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; MEPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ANALGESIA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CATHETER; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROANATOMY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; REVIEW;

EID: 0037279829     PISSN: 1084208X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/trap.2003.123518     Document Type: Review

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