Lateral Approach to the Sciatic Nerve in the Popliteal Fossa: A Comparison between 1.5% Mepivacaine and 0.75% Ropivacaine

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 516-520

  Taboada, Manuel ^a   Cortés, Joaquín ^a   Rodríguez, Jaime ^a   Ulloa, Beatriz ^a   Álvarez, Julián ^a   Atanassoff, Peter G ^b  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lateral popliteal approach; Local anesthetics; Mepivacaine; Regional anesthesia; Ropivacaine; Sciatic nerve block

Indexed keywords

MEPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; FOOT SURGERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0344495322     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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