Ultrasound Imaging for Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 130-134

  Sinha, Avinash ^a   Chan, Vincent W S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Catheter; Local anesthesia; Popliteal; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FASCIA; HUMAN; INJECTION; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE SHEATH; NEUROANATOMY; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TIBIAL NERVE; TIME; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 1642275574     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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