Nerve stimulator-assisted evoked motor response predicts the latency and success of a single-injection sciatic block

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 584-588

  Sukhani, Radha ^a,b   Nader, Antoun ^a   Candido, Kenneth D ^a   Doty Jr , Robert ^a   Benzon, Honorio T ^a   Yaghmour, Edward ^a   Kendall, Mark ^a   McCarthy, Robert ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERONEUS NERVE; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 3242784741     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000122823.50592.C9     Document Type: Article

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