A randomized comparison of longand short-axis imaging for in-plane ultrasound-guided femoral perineural catheter insertion

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 149-156

  Mariano, Edward R ^a   Kim, T Edward ^a   Funck, Natasha ^a   Walters, Tessa ^a   Wagner, Michael J ^a   Harrison, T Kyle ^a   Giori, Nicholas ^a,b   Woolson, Steven ^a   Ganaway, Toni ^a   Howard, Steven K ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous femoral nerve block; Knee arthroplasty; Perineural catheter; Ultrasound guided regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS; ARTHROPLASTY; ORTHOPEDICS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LOCAL ANESTHETICS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE BLOCK; ONSET-TIME; POST-OPERATIVE DAYS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; ULTRASOUND GUIDED;

CATHETERS;

AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84871797798     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2013.32.1.149     Document Type: Article

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