Ultrasound-guided proximal and distal sciatic nerve blocks in children

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 241-245

  van Geffen, Geert Jan ^a   Pirotte, Thierry ^b   Gielen, Mathieu J ^a   Scheffer, GertJan ^a   Bruhn, Jörgen ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Nerve blocks; Pediatric anesthesia; Sciatic nerve; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCIATIC NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATIC NERVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77952750877     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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