CT-guided obturator nerve block via the posterior approach

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 227-232

  House, C V ^a   Ali, K E ^a   Bradshaw, C ^a   Connell, David A ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CT guidance; Hip pain; Intervention; Nerve block; Obturator nerve

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; BUPIVACAINE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OBTURATOR NERVE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; OBTURATOR NERVE; PAIN; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644559379     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-005-0075-z     Document Type: Article

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