Psoas compartment block in children: Part I - Description of the technique

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 461-464

  Schuepfer, Guido ^a   Jöhr, Martin ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Kantonsspital ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children: Regional anesthesia; Psoas compartment block

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; BLOOD VESSEL PERFORATION; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDURAL SPREAD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE STIMULATOR; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS COMPARTMENT BLOCK; PSOAS MUSCLE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESIDENT; TECHNIQUE;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 20444507239     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01467.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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