A prospective, randomized comparison between the popliteal and subgluteal approaches for continuous sciatic nerve block with stimulating catheters

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 244-247

  Taboada, Manuel ^a,b   Rodríguez, Jaime ^a   Valiño, Cristina ^a   Vazquez, Miriam ^a   Laya, Araceli ^a   Garea, Manuel ^a   Carceller, Javier ^a   Alvarez, Julian ^a   Atanassoff, Vanessa ^a   Atanassoff, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; MEPIVACAINE; TRAMADOL;

ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS SCIATIC NERVE BLOCK; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; KNEE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POPLITEUS; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPAIN;

EID: 33745822476     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000220946.64570.73     Document Type: Article

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