Visualization of the course of the sciatic nerve in adult volunteers by ultrasonography

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1298-1302

  Bruhn, J ^a   Van Geffen, G J ^a   Gielen, M J ^a   Scheffer, G J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Posterior approach; Sciatic nerve; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 51749107995     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2008.01695.x     Document Type: Article

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