Ultrasound-guided evaluation of the local anesthetic spread parameters required for a rapid surgical popliteal sciatic nerve block

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 559-564

  Morau, Didier ^a   Levy, Frank ^a   Bringuier, Sophie ^b   Biboulet, Philippe ^a   Choquet, Olivier ^a   Kassim, Michèle ^a   Bernard, Nathalie ^a   Capdevila, Xavier ^c  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PERONEUS NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; SCIATIC NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 78149251167     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181fa6b60     Document Type: Article

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