Ultrasound-guided lumbar plexus block through the acoustic window of the lumbar ultrasound trident

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 533-537

  Karmakar, M K ^a   Ho, A M H ^a   Li, X ^a   Kwok, W H ^a   Tsang, K ^a   Ngan Kee, W D ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, regional, lumbar plexus; Nerve block, ultrasound guided

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; KNEE AMPUTATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEDATION; SPINAL ROOT; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; LEG; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SCIATIC NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; SCIATIC NERVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 41949103843     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen026     Document Type: Article

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