title: [Ultrasound-guided anterior approach to sciatic nerve block].
abstract: Ultrasound guidance has made it possible to carry out an anterior approach to sciatic nerve block. This technique can be performed as fast and as successfully as the posterior or subgluteal approach. A major advantage of this technique is that the patient can remain comfortable in a neutral supine position.
authors.affiliation: Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis, afd. Anesthesiologie, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. ivopan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ivo F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Panhuizen
authors.forename: Marc M J
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Snoeck
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016683:Supine Position; D014463:Ultrasonography