Combined paravertebral lumbar plexus and parasacral sciatic nerve block for reduction of hip fracture in four patients with severe heart failure

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 648-652

  Asao, Yasuhiro ^a   Higuchi, Tomoyasu ^a   Tsubaki, Noriko ^a   Shimoda, Yutaka ^a  

^a Tottori Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hip fracture; Paravertebral lumbar plexus block; Sciatic nerve block

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE PLEXUS; PARASACRAL SCIATIC NERVE; PARAVERTEBRAL LUMBAR PLEXUS; SCIATIC NERVE; SINUS NODE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 21044458922     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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