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Spinal Sonography for Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Neuraxial Anesthesia
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[Ultrasound-guided anterior approach to sciatic nerve block]
Ivo F Panhuizen1, Marc M J Snoeck
1Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis, afd. Anesthesiologie, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. ivopan@hotmail.com
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde
|June 9, 2011
Abstract:
Ultrasound guidance has made it possible to carry out an anterior approach to sciatic nerve block. This technique can be performed as fast and as successfully as the posterior or subgluteal approach. A major advantage of this technique is that the patient can remain comfortable in a neutral supine position.
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