Continuous sciatic block for leg and foot surgery in 160 children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 971-978

  Vas, Lakshmi ^a,b  

^a All India Institute of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Mumbai   (India)

^b Rajkunj Society   (India)

Author keywords

Continuous sciatic block in children; Regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BUPIVACAINE; CODEINE; DICLOFENAC; KETAMINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; PENTAZOCINE; PROPOFOL; RANITIDINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMIMELIA; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG; LEG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PES EQUINOVARUS; POLIOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCIATIC NERVE; SEDATION; SKIN INCISION; TENDON SURGERY; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TOURNIQUET; FOOT; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOOT; HUMANS; INFANT; LEG; NERVE BLOCK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 33644823714     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01620.x     Document Type: Article

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