Continuous femoral nerve blocks: The impact of catheter tip location relative to the femoral nerve (anterior versus posterior) on quadriceps weakness and cutaneous sensory block

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 721-727

  Ilfeld, Brian M ^a   Loland, Vanessa J ^a   Sandhu, Navparkash S ^a   Suresh, Preetham J ^a   Bishop, Michael J ^a   Donohue, Michael C ^b   Ferguson, Eliza J ^a   Madison, Sarah J ^a  

^a University of California at San Diego   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865689857     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318261f326     Document Type: Article

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