Ultrasound-guided obturator nerve block: A proximal interfascial technique

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 236-239

  Taha, Ahmad Muhammad ^a  

^a Abu Dhabi Knee and Sports Medicine Center   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LIDOCAINE; ROPIVACAINE; AMIDE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERFASCIAL LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OBTURATOR EXTERNUS MUSCLE; PECTINEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASOUND GUIDED OBTURATOR NERVE BLOCK; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; INNERVATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBTURATOR NERVE; TIME; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LIDOCAINE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE BLOCK; OBTURATOR NERVE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84655170235     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318237fb40     Document Type: Article

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