Ultrasonography-guided identification with methylene blue tattooing of the ilioinguinal nerve for neurectomy for chronic pain: a case series.

نویسندگان

  • Andrew Curtiss Eppstein
  • Imtiaz A Munshi
  • Bryan Sakamoto
  • Kenneth Gwirtz
چکیده

and 11-dehydro-thromboxane B2 (TXB2) excretion rates were measuredaspreviouslydescribed.4Thestudyprotocolwasapproved by the local ethics committee, and patients provided written informed consent. The effects of LAGB surgery were assessed using FriedmanandWilcoxontests forpairedsamples.TheSpearmanrank correlation test and stepwisemultiple linear regression analysis (using log-transformed data) were performed to assess variables associated with urinary 11-dehydro-TXB2 excretion rates. Two-sided P values of less than .05 were considered to be statistically significant.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • JAMA surgery

دوره 150 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015