Lumbar plexus in children: A sonographic study and its relevance to pediatric regional anesthesia

Anesthesiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 445-450

  Kirchmair, Lukas ^a   Enna, Birgit ^b   Mitterschiffthaler, Gottfried ^b   Moriggl, Bernhard ^b   Greher, Manfred ^c   Marhofer, Peter ^c   Kapral, Stephan ^c   Gassner, Ingmar ^b  

^a Community Hospital Hall in Tyrol ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HERNIOTOMY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LUMBAR PLEXUS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE PLEXUS; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MAJOR MUSCLE; PSOAS MUSCLE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SKIN; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND GUIDED POSTERIOR LUMBAR PLEXUS BLOCK;

AGING; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; NEEDLES; SKIN;

EID: 3342898226     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200408000-00026     Document Type: Article

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