Repeated ilioinguinal block using a catheter technique for pain relief in inguinal neuralgia [1]

Pain Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-146

  Maaliki, Hilal ^a   Naja, Zouheir ^b   Zeidan, Ahed ^c  

^a SAAD SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MAKASSED GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

^c Sahel General Hospital   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; GABAPENTIN; IOHEXOL; LIDOCAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERESTHESIA; ILIOINGUINAL BLOCK; INGUINAL NEURALGIA; LETTER; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 41249086573     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2007.00175.x     Document Type: Letter

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