Stimulating catheters in continuous popliteal block [23]

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1594-

  Navas, Ángel Martínez ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATHETER; HUMAN; KNEE; LETTER; NERVE BLOCK; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERONEUS NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 33646198224     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000215169.07245.D2     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Casati A, Fanelli G, Koscielniak-Nielsen Z, et al. Using stimulating catheters for continuous sciatic nerve block shortens onset time of surgical block and minimizes postoperative consumption of pain medication after hallux valgus repair as compared with conventional nonstimulating catheters. Anesth Analg 2005;101:1192-7.
2. Vloka JD, Hadzic A, April E, Thys DM. The division of the sciatic nerve in the popliteal fossa: anatomical implications for popliteal nerve blockade. Anesth Analg 2001;92:215-7.
3. Liu SS, Salinas FV. Continuous plexus and peripheral nerve block for postoperative analgesia. Anesth Analg 2003;96:263-72.