Is circumferential injection advantageous for ultrasound-guided popliteal sciatic nerve block?: A proof-of-concept study

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 266-270

  Brull, Richard ^a   MacFarlane, Alan J R ^b   Parrington, Simon J ^a   Koshkin, Arkadiy ^a   Chan, Vincent W S ^a  

^a TorontoWestern Hospital   (Canada)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMFERENTIAL INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; INJECTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE BLOCK; POPLITEAL SCIATIC NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERONEAL NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79955618066     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e318217a6a1     Document Type: Article

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