Lower extremity peripheral nerve blocks in children

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 222-228

  Simion, Carmen ^a   Suresh, Santhanam ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Lower extremity; Lumbar plexus; Pediatrics; Regional anesthesia; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMORAL NERVE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 36549065601     PISSN: 1084208X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.trap.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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