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How to Perform Ultrasound-Guided Distal Sciatic Nerve Block in the Popliteal Fossa

By Brian Johnson, MD, MPH, Emily Lovallo, MD, Daniel Mantuani, MD, MPH, and Arun Nagdev, MD | on June 15, 2015 | 0 Comment
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VIDEO: Ultrasound-Guided Distal Sciatic Nerve Block


Arun Nagdev, MD, Emily Lovallo, MD, and Brian Johnson, MD, MPH, explain how to perform an ultrasound-guided distal sciatic nerve block in the popliteal fossa.

References

  1. Marhofer P, Harrop-Griffiths W, Willschke H, et al. Fifteen years of ultrasound guidance in regional anaesthesia: part 2—recent developments in block techniques. Br J Anaesth. 2010;104:673-683.
  2. Murray JM, Derbyshire S, Shields MO. Lower limb blocks. Anaesthesia. 2010;65:57-66.
  3. Herring AA, Stone MB, Fischer J, et al. Ultrasound-guided distal popliteal sciatic nerve block for ED anesthesia. Am J Emerg Med. 2011;29:e3-5.
  4. Tirado A, Nagdev A, Henningsen C, et al. Ultrasound-guided procedures in the emergency department-needle guidance and localization. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2013;31:87-115.

Dr. Johnson and Dr. Lovallo are in the department of emergency medicine at Alameda Health System’s Highland Hospital in Oakland California.

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Dr. Mantuani is an attending physician in the department of emergency medicine and director of internal medicine point-of-care ultrasound at Highland Hospital.

Dr. Nagdev is director of emergency ultrasound at Highland Hospital in Oakland, California, and assistant clinical professor (volunteer) of emergency medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

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Topics: Distal Sciatic NerveEmergency MedicineEmergency PhysicianImaging and UltrasoundPractice ManagementTrauma and Injury

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