Infraclavicular Brachial Plexus Ultrasound transducer position to image the infraclavicular brachial plexus transverse view Ultrasound image of the lateral and posterior cords of the brachial plexus transverse view Ultrasound image of the labeled lateral and posterior cords of the…
Nerve Blocks of the Face Based on Hadzic’s Textbook of RAPM 2nd Ed 2017Chrystelle Sola, Christophe Dadure, Olivier Choquet, and Xavier Capdevila INTRODUCTION Regional anesthesia is commonly used for postoperative pain management to decrease postoperative pain and opioid consumption following…
Figure 1: Transducer position and needle insertion in ultrasound-guided axillary brachial plexus block. Essentials Indications: forearm and hand surgery Transducer position: short axis to arm, just distal to pectoralis major insertion Goal: local anesthetic spread around axillary artery Local anesthetic:…
Intra-articular and Periarticular Infiltration of Local Anesthetics Based on Hadzic’s Textbook of RAPM 2nd Ed 2017 Artwork by Vali Lancea Johan Raeder and Ulrich J. Spreng INTRODUCTION Infiltration or instillation of local anesthetics around and into the joint as an…
In research, the value reflecting ‘no effect’ is usually 0 or 1.0. So, like traditional significance testing, if 0 or 1.0 is inside the confidence interval (CI), there is no significant difference between the treatments. If 0 or 1.0 is…
JNYSORA Volume 10 March 2009 The results of this survey point out that the American Society of Regional Anesthesia (ASRA) and its membership are significant promoters of the regional anesthesia and peripheral nerve blocks. Based on: “Hadzic A, Vloka JD,…
A digital block is the technique of blocking the nerves of the digits to achieve anesthesia of the finger(s). This technique is simple to perform and essentially devoid of systemic complications. It is a commonly used and effective method of…
3 weeks ago a 56 kg and 56 year old female patiënt, nurse on an internistic ward in our hospital, was referred to me to discuss the anesthesiological plan for her planned right shoulder arthroscopy (biceps-tenotomy and AC resection) for…