Low-volume ultrasound-guided nerve block provides inferior postoperative analgesia compared to a higher-volume landmark technique

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 393-398

  Fredrickson, Michael J ^a,b   White, Richard ^c   Danesh Clough, Tony K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Auckland Southern Cross Hospital Group   (New Zealand)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; DICLOFENAC; MIDAZOLAM; OMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PARECOXIB; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANKLE BLOCK; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; HIGH VOLUME SURFACE LANDMARK TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERONEUS NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIBIAL ARTERY; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANKLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79959927395     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31821e2fb7     Document Type: Article

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