Effects of Using the Posterior or Anterior Approaches to the Lumbar Plexus on the Minimum Effective Anesthetic Concentration (MEAC) of Mepivacaine Required to Block the Femoral Nerve: A Prospective, Randomized, Up-and-Down Study

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-16

  Cappelleri, Gianluca ^a   Aldegheri, Giorgio ^a   Ruggieri, Francesco ^b   Carnelli, Franco ^a   Fanelli, Andrea ^c   Casati, Andrea ^c  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior 3 in 1; Anterior cruciate ligament repair; Lumbar plexus block; Mepivacaine; Minimum effective concentration; Posterior psoas compartment

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; FENTANYL; KETOPROFEN; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; MORPHINE;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUMBAR PLEXUS; NERVE BLOCK; OBTURATOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSOAS MUSCLE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SKIN NERVE;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MEPIVACAINE; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSOAS MUSCLES;

EID: 37249002888     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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