Anatomy and imaging of lumbar plexus

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 549-554

  di Benedetto, Pia ^a   Pinto, G ^b   Arcioni, R ^a   De Blasi, R A ^b   Sorrentino, L ^a   Rossifragola, I ^a   Baciarello, M ^c   Capotondi, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lumbar plexus blockade; Nerve block; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMUR FRACTURE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HIP INJURY; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; KNEE SURGERY; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS;

EID: 26844438825     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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