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Injection of Dye Inside the Paraneural Sheath of the Sciatic Nerve in the Popliteal Fossa

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The connective tissue around the sciatic nerve in the popliteal fossa forms a sheath-like structure that has a significant influence on the spread of an injection of local anesthetic around the sciatic nerve.

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  1. Department of Anaesthesiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Henning Lykke Andersen MD, PhD

  2. Department of Anaesthesiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Sofie Lykke Andersen MD

  3. Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Jørgen Tranum-Jensen MD

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Clinical Medical Sciences and Institute of Applied Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain, and Madrid-Montepríncipe University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

    Miguel Angel Reina

  2. Department of Surgical Specialties, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Management, General University Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    José Antonio De Andrés

  3. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Anesthesiology, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York School of Regional, Anesthesia (NYSORA), New York, NY, USA, and Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

    Admir Hadzic

  4. Laboratory of Surgical NeuroAnatomy, Human Anatomy and Embryology Unit, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Alberto Prats-Galino

  5. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Human Anatomy and Embryology Unit, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, and Clinic Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

    Xavier Sala-Blanch

  6. Discipline of Anesthesiology, The University of Queensland and Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    André A.J. van Zundert

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Andersen, H.L., Andersen, S.L., Tranum-Jensen, J. (2015). Injection of Dye Inside the Paraneural Sheath of the Sciatic Nerve in the Popliteal Fossa. In: Reina, M., De Andrés, J., Hadzic, A., Prats-Galino, A., Sala-Blanch, X., van Zundert, A. (eds) Atlas of Functional Anatomy for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09522-6_17

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