The femoral nerve and its relationship to the lateral circumflex femoral artery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1859-1862

  Orebaughl, Steven L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DISSECTION; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION; NEEDLE; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33744497796     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000217210.44764.0e     Document Type: Article

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