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Original article

• Is There Any Need for Expanding the Perineural Space Before Catheter Placement in Continuous Femoral Nerve Blocks? (1 September, 2006)

  Charles Pham Dang, Jérôme Guilley, Lyndia Dernis, Cécile Langlois, Chantal Lambert, Jean-Michel Nguyên, Michel Pinaud
• Local Anesthetics in Lipid-Depot Formulations—Neurotoxicity in Relation to Duration of Effect in a Rat Model (1 September, 2006)

  Henrik Dyhre, Lars Söderberg, Sven Björkman, Christer Carlsson
• Fluoroscopically Guided Epidural Block in the Thoracic and Lumbar Regions (1 September, 2006)

  Takumi Nagaro, Toshihiro Yorozuya, Michiko Kamei, Norikatsu Kii, Tatsuru Arai, Syungo Abe
• Combined Lumbar-Plexus and Sciatic-Nerve Blocks: An Analysis of Plasma Ropivacaine Concentrations (1 September, 2006)

  Stephanie Vanterpool, Susan M. Steele, Karen C. Nielsen, Marcy Tucker, Stephen M. Klein
• Health-Related Quality of Life in Sacroiliac Syndrome: A Comparison to Lumbosacral Radiculopathy (1 September, 2006)

  Marc B. Cheng, Michael F. Ferrante
• Effect of Preoperative Epidural Morphine Administration on Desflurane Requirements During Gynecologic Surgery (1 September, 2006)

  Yavuz Gurkan, Dilek Özdamar, Kamil Toker, Mine Solak
• Single-Stimulation, Low-Volume Infraclavicular Plexus Block: Influence of the Evoked Distal Motor Response on Success Rate (1 September, 2006)

  Sébastien Bloc, Thierry Garnier, Bernard Komly, Pascal Leclerc, Luc Mercadal, Bertrand Morel, Gilles Dhonneur
• Ultrastructure of Canine Meninges After Repeated Epidural Injection of S(+)-Ketamine (1 September, 2006)

  Alinne Acosta, Carmen Gomar, Josep A. Bombí, Dominguita L. Graça, Marta Garrido, Cristina Krauspenhar
• The Sensitivity of Motor Response to Nerve Stimulation and Paresthesia for Nerve Localization As Evaluated by Ultrasound (1 September, 2006)

  Anahi Perlas, Ahtsham Niazi, Colin McCartney, Vincent Chan, Daquan Xu, Sherif Abbas
• Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Medial-Branch Block: A Clinical Study With Fluoroscopy Control (1 September, 2006)

  Jae-Kwang Shim, Jin-Cheon Moon, Kyung-Bong Yoon, Won-Oak Kim, Duck-Mi Yoon
• No Differences Between 20, 30, or 40 mL Ropivacaine 0.5% in Continuous Lateral Popliteal Sciatic-Nerve Block (1 September, 2006)

  Roxane Fournier, Anne Weber, Zdravko Gamulin