Electrical stimulation versus ultrasound guidance for popliteal-sciatic perineural catheter insertion a randomized controlled trial

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 480-485

  Mariano, Edward R ^a   Cheng, Gloria S ^a   Choy, Lynna P ^a   Loland, Vanessa J ^a   Bellars, Richard H ^a   Sandhu, Navparkash S ^a   Bishop, Michael L ^a   Lee, Daniel K ^b   Maldonado, Rosalita C ^a   Ilfeld, Brian M ^a  

^a Departments of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCIATIC NERVE; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; ANKLE; CATHETERIZATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SCIATIC NERVE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 74549193441     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181ada57a     Document Type: Article

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