Imaging in Anesthesia: The Role of 4 MHz to 7 MHz Sector Array Ultrasound Probe in the Identification of the Sciatic Nerve at Different Anatomic Locations

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 537-538

  Saranteas, Theodosios ^a   Chantzi, Christina ^b   Paraskeuopoulos, Tilemachos ^b   Alevizou, Anastasia ^b   Zogojiannis, John ^b   Dimitriou, Vasilios ^b   Kostopanagiotou, Georgia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LETTER; NERVE BLOCK; POPLITEAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCIATIC NERVE; SECTOR ARRAY PROBE; THIGH;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; SCIATIC NERVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 36148952554     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2007.04.009     Document Type: Letter

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