Ultrasound guidance for lateral midfemoral sciatic nerve block: A prospective, comparative, randomized study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1270-1274

  Domingo Triadó, Vicente ^a,c   Selfa, Salvador ^a   Martínez, Francisco ^b   Sánchez Contreras, Dolores ^a   Reche, Montserrat ^a   Tecles, Jose ^a   Crespo, María T ^a   Palanca, Jose M ^b   Moro, Blanca ^a  

^a Oncology Section   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL LLUÍS ALCANYÍS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BUNIONECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIATIC NERVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATIC NERVE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 34247548230     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000221469.24319.49     Document Type: Article

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