Clinical evaluation of a modified postetior anatomical approach to performing the popliteal block

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 290-296

  Borgeat, Alain ^a   Blumenthal, Stephan ^a   Karovic, Dirk ^a   Delbos, Alain ^b   Vienne, Patrick ^a  

^a ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

^b Clinique des Cèdres   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomical posterior approach; Popliteal sciatic nerve block

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MODIFIED POSTERIOR ANATOMICAL APPROACH; MUSCLE; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; PALPATION; PERONEUS NERVE; POPLITEAL SCIATIC NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCIATIC NERVE; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 2542421183     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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