Ultrasound-Guided Midthigh Sciatic Nerve Block-A Clinical and Anatomical Study

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 369-376

  Barrington, Michael J ^a   Lai, Su Ling K ^a   Briggs, Chris A ^b   Ivanusic, Jason J ^b   Gledhill, Samuel R ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Peripheral nerve block; Sciatic nerve; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROANATOMY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCIATIC NERVE; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION STUDY; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATIC NERVE; THIGH;

EID: 48149090394     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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