Posterior lumbar plexus block: Anatomy, approaches, and techniques

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-149

  Awad, Imad T ^a,b   Duggan, Edel M ^b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Lower limb; Lumbar plexus; Psoas compartment

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CATHETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL NERVE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NERVE STIMULATION; OBTURATOR NERVE; PELVIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL ROOT; TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 17744390178     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2004.11.006     Document Type: Review

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