Lumbar Plexus and Psoas Major Muscle: Not Always as Expected

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-114

  Kirchmair, Lukas ^a   Lirk, Philipp ^a   Colvin, Joshua ^c   Mitterschiffthaler, Gottfried ^a   Moriggl, Bernhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Lumbar plexus; Psoas compartment block; Psoas major muscle; Regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; OBTURATOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; TOPOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBTURATOR NERVE; PSOAS MUSCLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 39449136822     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2007.07.016     Document Type: Article

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