Ultrasound-guided obturator nerve block: Interfascial injection versus a neurostimulation-assisted technique

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-71

  Manassero, Alberto ^a   Bossolasco, Matteo ^a   Ugues, Susanna ^a   Palmisano, Sarah ^a   De Bonis, Umberto ^a   Coletta, Giuseppe ^a  

^a S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; OBTURATOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CYSTECTOMY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; ITALY; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE BLOCK; OBTURATOR NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84855172949     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31823e77d5     Document Type: Article

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