Ultrasound-Guided Obturator Nerve Block: A Preliminary Report of a Case Series

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-226

  Helayel, Pablo Escovedo ^a   da Conceição, Diogo Brüggemann ^a   Pavei, Patrícia ^a   Knaesel, Julian Alexander ^a   de Oliveira Filho, Getúlio Rodrigues ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GOVERNADOR CELSO RAMOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Nerve block; Obturator nerve; Ultrasound technique

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; OPIATE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; KNEE SURGERY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE BLOCK; OBTURATOR NERVE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE BLOCK; OBTURATOR NERVE; PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATIC NERVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 34249318378     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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