Open AccessSciatic Nerve Catheter Placement: Success with Using the Raj Approach
Author(s) -
Christopher B. Robards,
R Wang,
Steven R. Clendenen,
Beth L. Ladlie,
Roy A. Greengrass
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181ae0ee7
Subject(s) - medicine , ischial tuberosity , sciatic nerve , mepivacaine , catheter , greater trochanter , surgery , anesthesia , medius , local anesthetic , femur
Continuous regional analgesia has increased in popularity and is becoming standard of care for many painful surgical procedures. Various approaches of sciatic catheter insertion have been proposed, each with attributes and disadvantages. We investigated whether the Raj approach that uses a simple midpoint landmark between the ischial tuberosity and greater trochanter will facilitate sciatic catheter placement.