Nerve guidance with versus without prepuncture ultrasound visualization for psoas compartment block and perineural catheter insertion: A randomized, prospective, blinded study

European Journal of Pain Supplements

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 313-317

  Tognù, Andrea ^a   Gullotta, Stella ^b   Danelli, Giorgio ^c   Borghi, Battista ^e   Niebel, Thekla ^d   Bonarelli, Stefano ^a   Melotti, Rita M ^e  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Città di Quartu Policlinic ^*  (Italy)

^c CREMONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lumbar plexus block; Nerve stimulation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; KETOPROFEN; MIDAZOLAM; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 78149357243     PISSN: 17543207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujps.2010.09.020     Document Type: Article

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