Psoas compartment block for lower extremity surgery: A meta-analysis

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 750-760

  Touray, S T ^a   De Leeuw, M A ^b   Zuurmond, W W A ^a   Perez, R S G M ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ZAANS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, regional, lumbar plexus; Anaesthetic techniques, regional, psoas compartment block; Analgesia, postoperative; Analgesics opioid; Surgery, orthopaedic

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; KNEE SURGERY; LEG; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 56449084265     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aen298     Document Type: Review

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