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Proximal Sciatic Nerve Block-Traditional Technique

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Regional Nerve Blocks in Anesthesia and Pain Therapy

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Classic dorsal transgluteal technique (Labat technique)

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  1. Director of Pain Management Centre DGS – Cologne – Huerth, Luxemburger Str. 323-325, 50354, Cologne – Huerth, Germany

    Danilo Jankovic MD

  2. Anesthesia Research Unit, Instituti Orthopedici Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Battista Borghi (Subgluteal Access Route Section)

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Jankovic, D., Borghi, B. (2015). Proximal Sciatic Nerve Block-Traditional Technique . In: Regional Nerve Blocks in Anesthesia and Pain Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05131-4_61

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