Traditional methods for approaching the lumbar plexus from the posterior rely on finding the intersection of lines that are drawn based on surface landmarks. These methods may be inaccurate in many cases. The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of these traditional approaches and determine if modifications could increase their accuracy.
Clinic of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, University of Technology, Dresden, Germany. axel.heller@mailbox.tu-dresden.de
