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Does a regional anaesthetic technique to the obturator nerve and nerve to quadratus femoris alleviate pain in patients with chronic osteoarthritis of the hip when arthroplasty is not available?
Does a regional anaesthetic technique to the obturator nerve and nerve to quadratus femoris alleviate pain in patients with chronic osteoarthritis of the hip when arthroplasty is not available?
Describes a regional anesthetic technique for hip osteoarthritis pain relief when surgery is unavailable.
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May offer an option for inoperable hip OA pain; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before adoption.
A regional anaesthetic technique is described using a blind anatomical approach to the obturator nerve and nerve to quadratus femoris, as a means of alleviating the disabling pain of chronic osteoarthritis of the hip, when arthroplasty is not available.
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James et al. (1976) studied this question.
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