Use of a low-power nerve stimulator during sciatic nerve block.
The use of a low-power nerve stimulator to aid nerve location during the performance of sciatic nerve block was compared with a conventional anatomically based technique. The success rate, both in terms of the production of an effective block and the duration of postoperative analgesia, was significantly higher in the stimulator groups than in the non-stimulator groups. The implications of the study for both clinical and teaching practice are discussed.
D000768:Anesthesia, General; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods; D012584:Sciatic Nerve