A comparison of sensory and motor loss after a femoral nerve block conducted with ultrasound versus ultrasound and nerve stimulation

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 508-513

  Sites, Brian D ^a   Beach, Michael L ^a   Chinn, Christopher D ^a   Redborg, Kirsten E ^a   Gallagher, John D ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY EVALUATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIME; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ULTRASOUND;

ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BUPIVACAINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MORPHINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE BLOCK; ODDS RATIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 74549205234     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181ae7306     Document Type: Article

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