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. 2021 Jul;65(7):563-564.
doi: 10.4103/ija.IJA_146_21. Epub 2021 Jul 23.

PENG block: Advantages of out-of-plane approach

David Lopez-Lopez  1 , Pablo Casas Reza  1 , Maria Gestal Vazquez  1 , Paula Dieguez Garcia  1
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PENG block: Advantages of out-of-plane approach

David Lopez-Lopez et al. Indian J Anaesth. 2021 Jul.
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Figure 1
Out-of-plane PENG block scheme (a). Out-of-plane PENG block: sonographic image (b and c). (1) Pectineus muscle, (2) inguinal ligament, (3) femoral vein, (4) femoral artery, (5) iliopectineal bursa, (6) iliopectineal eminence, (7) psoas tendon, (8) femoral nerve, (9) genitofemoral nerve, (10) anteroinferior iliac spine and (11) lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. Arrows in (b): needle tip. Arrow in (c): needle trajectory
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