Major complications after 400 continuous popliteal sciatic nerve blocks for post-operative analgesia

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-345

  Compere V ^a   Rey, N ^a   Baert, O ^a   Ouennich, A ^b   Fourdrinier, V ^a   Roussignol, X ^a   Beccari, R ^b   Dureuil, B ^a  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CONTINUOUS POPLITEAL SCIATIC NERVE BLOCK; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 60349103234     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2008.01849.x     Document Type: Article

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