Ultrasound Guidance for Difficult Lateral Popliteal Catheter Insertion in...

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  July 1, 2004 ;   Minville, Vincent; Zetlaoui, Paul Joseph; Fessenmeyer, Christine; Benhamou, Dan;   787 words ......to locate the sciatic nerve at the popliteal...overcome by ultrasound guidance, which allowed...Conclusion: Ultrasound guidance can facilitate...Lower extremity, Sciatic nerve, Catheter, Local...division of the sciatic nerve. The ...

Ultrasound and Regional Anesthesia Technique: Are There Really Ultrasound...

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  May 1, 2008 ;   Danelli, Giorgio; Ghisi, Daniela; Ortu, Andrea;   648 words ......patient's sciatic nerve with ultrasound guidance, due to the...perform distal sciatic nerve blocks with ultrasound guidance in patients...we rely on ultrasound guidance as a very...including the sciatic nerve block. We...

Ultrasound Imaging for Popliteal Sciatic Nerve Block

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  March 1, 2004 ;   Sinha, Avinash; Chan, Vincent W S;   787 words ......of popliteal sciatic nerve blocks using ultrasound guidance to illustrate...Report: The sciatic nerve was localized...localization of the sciatic nerve in the popliteal...reports of ultrasound guidance for regional...performed under ultrasound ...

The Importance of Ultrasound Landmarks: A "Traceback" Approach Using the...

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  September 1, 2006 ;   Tsui, Ban C H; Finucane, Brendan T;   648 words ......identify the sciatic nerve when ultrasound...locating the sciatic nerve by moving the...identify the sciatic nerve. Initially...and forms the sciatic nerve. Third, the...identify the sciatic nerve. [Reference...localizing the sciatic ...

Ultrasound-Guided Midthigh Sciatic Nerve Block-A Clinical and Anatomical...

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  July 1, 2008 ;   Barrington, Michael J; Lai, Su-Ling K; Briggs, Chris A; Ivanusic, Jason J; Gledhill, Samuel R;   787 words ......and Objectives: Ultrasound -guided sciatic nerve block is a relatively new regional...was to assess the ease with which the sciatic nerve could be imaged in the midthigh region...describe the anatomy surrounding the sciatic nerve at this location. Methods: In this...

Ultrasound-guided popliteal block demonstrates an atypical motor response...

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  September 1, 2003 ;   Sites, Brian D; Gallagher, John; Sparks, Michael;   787 words ......accurately localize the sciatic nerve in patients with...fossa block using ultrasound guidance. Case Report: Ultrasound-guid...localization of the sciatic nerve in 2 patients with...introduce the use of ultrasound to facilitate sciatic nerve localization ...

Sciatic nerve palsy secondary to post-operative haematoma in primary total...

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery;  November 1, 2005 ;   Butt, A J; McCarthy, T; Kelly, I P; Glynn, T; McCoy, G;   787 words ...Sciatic nerve palsy is a recognised complication...ten years. We describe six cases of sciatic nerve palsy occurring in 355 consecutive...post-operative haematoma in the region of the sciatic nerve. Cases, which were recognised early...

Continuous sciatic nerve infusion: Expanded case report describing a new...

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  September 1, 1998 ;   Sutherland, I D B;   787 words ......is difficult to manage effectively. Sciatic nerve block provides excellent analgesia...wanted to determine an approach to sciatic nerve block enabling an infusion of a local...displacement. Methods. Seventy-six consecutive sciatic nerve catheter placements-in 73 patients...

Imaging in Anesthesia: The Role of 4 MHz to 7 MHz Sector Array Ultrasound...

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  November 1, 2007 ;   Saranteas, Theodosios; Chantzi, Christina; Paraskeuopoulos, Tilemachos; Alevizou, Anastasia; Zogojiannis, John; Dimitriou, Vasilios; Kostopanagiotou, Georgia;   580 words ......examined the use of ultrasound for sciatic nerve identification or blockade and...probes are used to identify the sciatic nerve at the popliteal1 and the posterior...identification and blockade of the sciatic nerve at the popliteal fossa, the lateral...infragluteal region. ...

Ultrasound-Guided Anterior Sciatic Nerve Block Using a Longitudinal...

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  May 1, 2008 ;   Tsui, Ban C H; Özelsel, Timur J-P;   787 words ......Fig I).1 The ultrasound image of sciatic nerve in cross section is typically seen...experience, identification of the sciatic nerve with the sole use of transverse...may be due to the fact that the sciatic nerve is deep to relatively thick muscles...reliability of nerve ...

A Method to Estimate the Depth of the Sciatic Nerve During Subgluteal...

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  July 1, 2006 ;   Crabtree, Eric C; Beck, Marc; Lopp, Brian R; Nosovitch, Mace; Et al;   787 words ......The subgluteal approach is common for sciatic nerve block. Although the surface landmarks...establish a method of estimating the sciatic nerve depth using the anteroposterior (AP...lower-extremity surgery for whom subgluteal sciatic nerve blocks were indicated. The AP diameters...

The Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Evaluate the Accuracy of a...

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  September 1, 2004 ;   Sites, Brian D; Gallagher, John D; Tomek, Ivan; Cheung, Yvonne; Beach, Michael L;   787 words ......ultrasound-guided sciatic nerve blocks. By using...accurately locate the sciatic nerve. Methods: Ten...transducer, the sciatic nerve was visualized...location of the sciatic nerve, which was then...Results: The sciatic nerve was easily ...

Sciatic nerve injury following intramuscular injection: a case report and...

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing;  August 1, 2006 ;   Ramtahal, Jason Ramlakhan, Shammi Singh, Khaimraj;   787 words ......presented with foot drop indicative of a sciatic nerve injury following gluteal intramuscular...electrophysiological studies confirmed a partial sciatic nerve lesion. The course of the sciatic nerve in the gluteal region places it at risk...

A Subgluteal Approach to the Sciatic Nerve in Adults at 10 cm From the...

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  May 1, 2006 ;   Franco, Carlo D; Choksi, Nandak; Rahman, Abed; Voronov, Gennadiy; Almachnouk, Mohammad H;   787 words ......2003 we introduced the concept of a sciatic nerve block performed in the midgluteal area...advanced parallel to the midline until a sciatic nerve response was elicited. With a visible...was 100% successful in locating the sciatic nerve with 3 attempts or less from a site...

The sciatic nerve block: A new posterior approach to scaral plexus

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  May 1, 2002 ;   Merchan, Miquel Casals; Manas, Fernando Martinez; Ehsan, Faraidon; Gomez, Alfonso Alonso; Et al;   515 words ......techniques have been described for a sciatic nerve block. The technique we describe shows new surface anatomy markings for the sciatic nerve block in the parasacral zone. It uses...sacral hiatus. Anatomic references. The sciatic nerve leaves the pelvis through the greater...