Ultrasonography for ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric nerve blocks in children

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 95, Issue 2 PAPER, 2005, Pages 226-230

  Willschke, H ^a   Marhofer, Peter ^a   Bosenberg A ^b   Johnston, S ^c   Wanzel, O ^c   Cox, S G ^b   Sitzwohl, C ^a   Kapral, S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Orthopaedic Hospital Gersthof   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, paediatric; Monitoring, ultrasonography; Nerve block, ilioinguinal iliohypogastric

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; SEVOFLURANE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; ILIOHYPOGASTRIC NERVE; ILIOINGUINAL NERVE; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; ORCHIDOPEXY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AMBULATORY SURGERY; CRYPTORCHISM; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; INGUINAL CANAL; METHODOLOGY;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844477242     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei157     Document Type: Article

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