Soft tissue landmark for ultrasound identification of the sciatic nerve in the infragluteal region: The tendon of the long head of the biceps femoris muscle

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 921-925

  Bruhn, J ^a   Moayeri, N ^b   Groen, G J ^b   Van Veenendaal, A ^a   Gielen, M J ^a   Scheffer, G J ^a   Van Geffen, G J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SOFT TISSUE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENDON; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE BLOCK; SCIATIC NERVE; TENDONS; THIGH;

EID: 67651238771     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.01982.x     Document Type: Article

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