Ultrasound of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve: Normal findings in a cadaver and in volunteers

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-268

  Bodner, Gerd ^a   Bernathova, Maria ^b   Galiano, Klaus ^c   Putz, Diana ^d   Martinoli, Carlo ^e   Felfernig, Michael ^f  

^a Department of Radiology   (United Kingdom)

^b Departments of Radiology   (Austria)

^c Departments of Neurosurgery   (Austria)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f Royal Medical Wing Al Mafraq ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NERVE; ULTRASOUND GUIDED LATERAL FEMORAL CUTANEOUS NERVE BLOCK; AGED; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMORAL NERVE; ILIAC BONE; INJECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; TIME;

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CADAVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; ILIUM; INJECTIONS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349123267     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31819a4fc6     Document Type: Article

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