Ultrasound improves the success rate of a sural nerve block at the ankle

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-28

  Redborg, Kirsten E ^a   Sites, Brian D ^a   Chinn, Christopher D ^a   Gallagher, John D ^a   Ball, Perry A ^a   Antonakakis, John G ^a   Beach, Michael L ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPROCAINE;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; SURAL NERVE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANKLE; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROCAINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SURAL NERVE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749108424     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181933f09     Document Type: Article

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