Peripheral nerve block materials
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…
ANESTHESIA
Training in peripheral nerve blockade
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…
General indications and contraindications
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….
Lumbar and sacral plexus anatomy
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…
Brachial plexus anatomy
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,…
Wound local anesthetic infusions
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…
Complications, toxicity, and safety
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….
Peripheral nerve blockade for ambulatory surgery
CHAPTER 8 Peripheral nerve blockade for ambulatory surgery Stephen Mannion, Xavier Capdevila Introduction Over the last 15–20 years there has been a rapid increase worldwide in the numbers of surgical…
Regional anesthesia in perspective: history, current role, and the future
CHAPTER 2 Regional anesthesia in perspective history, current role, and the future Frank Loughnane The doctrine of specific energies of the senses, proclaimed by Johannes P. Mueller (1801–58) in 1826…
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 Introduction George Shorten Within anesthetic practice, the role of regional anesthesia – including peripheral nerve block – has expanded greatly over the past two decades. In 1998, a…
