Ultrasound-guided femoral catheter placement: A randomised comparison of the in-plane and out-of-plane techniques

Anaesthesia

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 382-390

  Fredrickson, M J ^a   Danesh Clough, T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE; TRAMADOL;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; IN PLANE TECHNIQUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBTURATOR; OUT OF PLANE TECHNIQUE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIATIC NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FEMORAL CATHETER PLACEMENT;

AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84875232344     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12119     Document Type: Article

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