Neurologic complication after anterior sciatic nerve block

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1515-1517

  Shah, Shruti ^a   Hadzic, Admit ^a,b   Vloka, Jerry D ^a   Cafferty, Maureen S ^a   Moucha, Calin S ^a   Santos, Alan C ^a  

^a Coll Phys Surgs of Columbia Univ ^*  (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; CODEINE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; LABORATORY TEST; LEG PAIN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PERONEUS NERVE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 17744395331     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000150613.23987.92     Document Type: Article

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