Ultrasound-guided obturator nerve block: A sonoanatomic study of a new methodologic approach

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1037-1041

  Akkaya, Taylan ^a,e   Ozturk, Emine ^b   Comert, Ayhan ^c   Ates, Yesim ^d   Gumus, Haluk ^a   Ozturk, Halil ^b   Tekdemir, Ibrahim ^c   Elhan, Alaittin ^c  

^a Departments of Anesthesia and Pain Unit   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^c Departments of Anatomy

^d ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e Angora caddesi 187 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; OBTURATOR NERVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND GUIDED OBTURATOR NERVE BLOCK; VISIBILITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLUNTEER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; OBTURATOR NERVE; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 61949206517     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181966f03     Document Type: Article

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