CHAPTER 17 Suprascapular block Dominic Harmon, Jack Barrett Indications Surgical Surgical procedures on the shoulder as a supplementary analgesic technique. Therapeutic Shoulder pain; frozen shoulder (to facilitate physiotherapy). Contraindications Absolute…
CHAPTER 3 Local anesthetics Frank Loughnane The peripheral nerve Applied anatomy The typical nerve cell has been traditionally described in terms of having a cell body (perikaryon), multiple dendrites, and…
CHAPTER 11 Cervical plexus block Dominic Harmon, Jack Barrett Indications Surgical Superficial neck procedures; excision of thyroglossal and branchial cysts; excision of neck lymph nodes; thyroid and parathyroid surgery; carotid…
CHAPTER 6 Peripheral nerve block materials Frank Loughnane Nerve stimulators In 1911, Stoffel demonstrated how a galvanic current could be applied to identify nerve fibers.1 A year later, Perthes described…
CHAPTER 10 Training in peripheral nerve blockade Frank Loughnane In 1979–1980, anesthesia residents in the USA reported using regional anesthesia techniques in approximately 21% of cases.1 While over the following…
CHAPTER 4 General indications and contraindications Frank Loughnane Peripheral nerve block: indications Surgery A thorough knowledge of descriptive and topographic anatomy, especially with regard to nerve distribution, is beyond discussion….
CHAPTER 23 Lumbar and sacral plexus anatomy Dominic Harmon The anterior divisions of the lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal nerves form the lumbosacral plexus. The plexus is usually divided into three…
CHAPTER 14 Brachial plexus anatomy Dominic Harmon Before selection of technique, it is important to have a thorough understanding of brachial plexus anatomy. The plexus is composed of roots, trunks,…
CHAPTER 13 Wound local anesthetic infusions Jack Barrett Placing local anesthetic in or close to the surgical wound has become a popular method of providing intra- and postoperative analgesia. The…
CHAPTER 5 Complications, toxicity, and safety Frank Loughnane Complications and toxicity Principles underlying complications and errors A complication is an undesirable, unexpected event occurring in the course of an intervention….
