Approaches to the lumbar plexus: Success, risks, and outcome

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 150-162

  Capdevila, Xavier ^a   Coimbra, Claudia ^a   Choquet, Olivier ^b  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b La Conception University Hospital ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL; TETRACAINE;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; HEART ARREST; HIP; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; ILIOPSOAS HEMATOMA; KNEE SURGERY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; NERVE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBTURATOR NERVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 17844373597     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2004.12.007     Document Type: Review

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