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Ultrasound‐guided bilateral continuous sciatic nerve blocks with stimulating catheters for postoperative pain relief after bilateral lower limb amputations *
Author(s) -
Van Geffen G. J.,
Scheuer M.,
Müller A.,
Garderniers J.,
Gielen M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04832.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sciatic nerve , ultrasound , surgery , lower limb , pain relief , nerve block , anesthesia , radiology
Summary The performance of continuous bilateral sciatic nerve blocks under ultrasonographic control using stimulating catheters is described in a 4‐year‐old child with VACTERL syndrome. Ultrasound showed an abnormal vascular and nerve supply to the lower limbs. The use of ultrasound guidance made successful continuous sciatic nerve blocks possible in a child in whom the traditional method of nerve localisation was unlikely to succeed for anatomical reasons.