Ultrasound guidance for sciatic nerve block at the popliteal fossa should be compared with the best motor response and the lowest current clinically used in neurostimulation technique

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-183

  Aguirre, José ^a   Neudörfer, Claudio Valentin ^a   Ekatodramis, Georgios ^a   Borgeat, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CATHETER; ELECTRIC CURRENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG; LEG MOVEMENT; LETTER; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; POPLITEAL FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND GUIDED SCIATIC NERVE BLOCK;

EID: 62949223431     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31819a94ca     Document Type: Letter

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