Does sensory blockade of S3 dermatome prevent pain during bladder catheterization?
Blockade of urethral visceral pain often occurs before complete sacral somatosensory blockade, and S3 somatosensory blockade is the important sacral level as an indicator of successful urethral sensory blockade.
Improvements observed in insulin regulation of free fatty acid and glucose metabolism with rimonabant treatment in humans was not greater than that predicted by weight loss alone.