Ultrasound-guided popliteal block distal to sciatic nerve bifurcation shortens onset time: A prospective randomized double-blind study

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-271

  Prasad, Arun ^a   Perlas, Anahi ^a   Ramlogan, Reva ^a   Brull, Richard ^a   Chan, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON PERONEAL NERVE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INJECTION SITE DISCOMFORT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY EVALUATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANKLE; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERONEAL NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLE SIZE; SCIATIC NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952332241     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181df2527     Document Type: Article

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