A comparison of ultrasound-guided and landmark-based approaches to saphenous nerve blockade: A prospective, controlled, blinded, crossover trial

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 265-270

  Kent, Michael L ^a,b   Hackworth, Robert J ^a   Riffenburgh, Robert H ^a   Kaesberg, Julie L ^a   Asseff, David C ^a   Lujan, Eugenio ^a   Corey, John M ^a,c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELOW THE KNEE FIELD BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MODIFIED VASTUS MEDIALIS TECHNIQUE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PERFORMANCE; PERIFEMORAL SAPHENOUS NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SAPHENOUS NERVE BLOCK; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84880573082     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182908d5d     Document Type: Article

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