A comparison of epidural anesthesia and lumbar plexus-sciatic nerve blocks for knee surgery

Clinics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-34

  Horasanli, Eyup ^a   Gamli, Mehmet ^a   Pala, Yasar ^b   Erol, Mustafa ^c   Sahin, Fazilet ^d   Dikmen, Bayazit ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Cerkezkoy Optimed Guven Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Bingol State Hospital   (Turkey)

^d Nigde State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epidural anesthesia; Knee surgery; Lumbar plexus; Sciatic nerve block

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; KNEE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIATIC NERVE; STATISTICS; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; KNEE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SCIATIC NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649175516     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322010000100006     Document Type: Article

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