Did Continuous Femoral and Sciatic Nerve Block Obscure the Diagnosis or Delay the Treatment of Acute Lower Leg Compartment Syndrome? A Case Report

Pain Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 823-828

  Cometa, M Anthony ^a   Esch, Andrea T ^a   Boezaart, André P ^a,b  

^a College of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartment Syndrome; Complications; Continuous Nerve Block; Femoral Nerve Block; Sciatic Nerve Block

Indexed keywords

ROPIVACAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOUNT DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FASCIOTOMY; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMUR; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; LEG PAIN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCIATIC NERVE; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 79955884392     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01109.x     Document Type: Article

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