Regional hip blockade. A simplified technique for the relief of intractable osteoarthritic pain.
A regional anaesthetic technique is described using a blind anatomical approach to the obturator nerve and nerve to quadratus femoris, as a means of alleviating the disabling pain of chronic osteoarthritis of the hip, when arthroplasty is not available.
D001340:Autonomic Nerve Block / Q000379:methods*; D002045:Bupivacaine; D006621:Hip Joint; D006801:Humans; D009776:Obturator Nerve; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000150:complications*; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*
D002045:Bupivacaine