Detailed anatomy of accessory obturator nerve blockade

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 119-122

  Akkaya, Taylana ^a,c   Comert, A ^b   Kendir, S ^b   Acar, H I ^b   Gumus, H ^a   Tekdemir, I ^b   Elhan, A ^b  

^a Diskapi Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Hip joint; Obturator nerve, surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY OBTURATOR NERVE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROANATOMY; OBTURATOR NERVE;

CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OBTURATOR NERVE;

EID: 42649113424     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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