Ultrasound-guided versus anatomic landmark-guided ankle blocks: A 6-year retrospective review

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 611-618

  Chin, Ki Jinn ^a   Wong, Natalie W Y ^a   MacFarlane, Alan James Robert ^b   Chan, Vincent W S ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PROPOFOL;

ANESTHESIA; ANKLE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERONEUS NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

ANKLE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 80055092834     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31822b1291     Document Type: Article

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