Does the sciatic nerve approach influence thigh tourniquet tolerance during below-knee surgery?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1511-1514

  Fuzier, Régis ^a   Hoffreumont, Pierre ^b   Bringuier Branchereau, Sophie ^c   Capdevila, Xavier ^c   Singelyn, François ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Clinique Saint Pierre of Ottignies   (Belgium)

^c LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; MEPIVACAINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; KNEE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN NERVE; THIGH; TOURNIQUET;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATIC NERVE; THIGH; TOURNIQUETS;

EID: 17744391412     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000148119.99913.30     Document Type: Article

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