Thigh Rotation and the Anterior Approach to the Sciatic Nerve: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-35

  Moore, Colin Scott ^a,b   Sheppard, Declan ^a   Wildsmith, John Anthony W ^a  

^a NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior approach; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SCIATIC NERVE BLOCK; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR LESSER TROCHANTER; HIP; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; NEEDLE; NEEDLE PATH; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SCIATIC NERVE; THIGH ROTATION;

EID: 1642457263     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

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