Evaluation of a proximal block site and the use of nerve-stimulator-guided needle placement for posterior tibial nerve block

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1300-1305

  Doty Jr , Robert ^a,b   Sukhani, Radha ^a   Kendall, Mark C ^a   Yaghmour, Edward ^a   Nader, Antoun ^a   Brodskaia, Alina ^a   Kataria, Tripti C ^a   McCarthy, Robert ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 33750356998     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000244323.30306.59     Document Type: Article

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