Removal of a knotted stimulating femoral nerve catheter using a saline bolus injection

Local and Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-34

  Kendall, Mark C ^a   Nader, Antoun ^a   Maniker, Robert B ^a   Mccarthy, Robert J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter removal; Femoral nerve catheter

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; KNOTTED STIMULATING FEMORAL NERVE CATHETER; NERVE STIMULATION; SENSATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 77955548745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787112     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/lra.s11166     Document Type: Article

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