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Correspondence
Pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block for surgical anesthesia of medial thigh☆ T
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I and my co-authors declared that we have no conflict of interest.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2019.06.021
Received 23 May 2019; Accepted 9 June 2019
0952-8180/ © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Correspondence Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 59 (2020) 42–43
Fig. 1. A. Ultrasound, probe, needle and patient set up for PENG block, B. Surgical area and a mass in the medial of the thigh C. Sonographic anatomy. AIIS: anterior
inferior iliac spine, FA: Femoral artery, PE: pectineus muscle, IPE: iliopubic eminence.
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Corresponding author at: Ataturk University School of Medicine, Yakutiye Research Hospital Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, 25070, Palandöken,
Erzurum, Turkey.
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