Use of ultrasound to facilitate femoral nerve block with stimulating catheter

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 519-524

  Li, Min ^a   Xu, Ting ^a   Han, Wen Yong ^a   Wang, Xue Dong ^a   Jia, Dong Lin ^a   Guo, Xiang Yang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Catheterization; Nerve block; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

HYDROCODONE; PARACETAMOL; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; KNEE FUNCTION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STIMULATING CATHETER; TIME; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK;

EID: 79951792275     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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