A comparison of the posterior versus lateral approaches to the block of the sciatic nerve in the popliteal fossa

Anesthesiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1480-1486

  Hadžić, Admir ^b   Vloka, Jerry D ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Regional anesthesia; Sciatic nerve block

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; MEPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCIATIC NERVE; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; POPLITEAL VEIN; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0344222172     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199806000-00010     Document Type: Article

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