Adductor canal block is useful but does not achieve a complete block of the knee

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-82

  Egeler, Christian ^a   Jayakumar, Aravindh ^a   Ford, Simon ^a  

^a ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADDUCTOR CANAL BBOCK; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE INNERVATION; LETTER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN NERVE; TENSOR FASCIA LATA MUSCLE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE BLOCK; PROCAINE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84892150370     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000027     Document Type: Letter

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