title: Ultrasound guided posterior femoral cutaneous nerve block.
abstract: The posterior femoral cutaneous nerve (PFCN) is a branch of the sacral plexus. It needs to be implemented as a complementary block for anesthesia or in the surgeries necessitating tourniquet in the suitable cases. We consider target oriented block concept within the PFCN block in the anesthesia implementations with the emergence of ultrasonic regional anesthesia in the practice and with the better understanding of sonoanatomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Celal Bayar University Faculty of Medicine, Manisa, Turkey. topcuismet@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ismet
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Topçu
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Hand Microsurgery, Orthopedics and Traumatology Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Inan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aysel
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005267:Femoral Nerve; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009407:Nerve Block; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional