Knotted femoral nerve catheter

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 282-283

  Rudd, K ^a   Hall, P J ^a,b  

^a Lismore Base Hospital ^*  (Australia)

^b East Coast Anaesthesia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catheters; Femoral nerve complications; Regional anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NERVE BLOCK; PARESIS; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TRACTION THERAPY;

EID: 1842576583     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0403200223     Document Type: Article

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