Adductor canal block: More than just the saphenous nerve?

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 618-619

  Davis, Jennifer J ^a   Bond, Travis S ^a   Swenson, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADDUCTOR CANAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; CADAVER; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; KNEE; LETTER; NERVE BLOCK; OBTURATOR NERVE; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ULTRASOUND;

CADAVER; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; LEG; METHYLENE BLUE; NERVE BLOCK; THIGH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 74549137907     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181bfbf00     Document Type: Letter

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