Successful removal of a knotted fascia iliaca catheter: Principles of patient positioning for peripheral nerve catheter extraction

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1550-1552

  Offerdahl, Matthew R ^a   Lennon, Robert L ^a   Horlocker, Terese T ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CATHETER EXTRACTION; CATHETERIZATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EXTRACTION; FASCIA ILIACA; FASCIA ILIACA CATHETER; FASCIA LATA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HIP; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; INFUSION; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERINEURIUM; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE CATHETER; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SOFT TISSUE; SUPINE POSITION; TENSION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TRACTION THERAPY;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIUM; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POSTURE; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 6444233470     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000136475.62117.8F     Document Type: Article

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