Adductor canal block may just be an (Unreliable) indirect femoral nerve block

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 556-

  Boezaart, André ^a   Parvataneni, Hari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTOR CANAL BLOCK; ANALGESIA; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LETTER; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SKIN NERVE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE BLOCK; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE;

EID: 84930031588     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000137     Document Type: Letter

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