Popliteal Sciatic Block FIGURE 20.1-1. (A) Needle insertion for the popliteal intertendinous approach. (B) Needle insertion for lateral approach to popliteal block. PART 1: INTERTENDINOUS APPROACH General Considerations The popliteal…
Sciatic Block FIGURE 19.1-1. (A) Needle insertion for the transgluteal (posterior) approach to sciatic nerve block. (B) Needle insertion for anterior sciatic block. PART 1: TRANSGLUTEAL APPROACH General Considerations The…
FIGURE 22-1. Needle insertion for saphenous nerve block of the ankle. General Considerations An ankle block is essentially a block of four terminal branches of the sciatic nerve (deep and…
Ultrasound-Guided Ankle Block FIGURE 41-1. Block of the posterior tibial nerve using an out-of-plane technique. General Considerations Using an ultrasound-guided technique affords a practitioner the ability to reduce the volume…
Common Ultrasound-Guided Truncal and Cutaneous Blocks FIGURE 42.1-1. (A) Transducer position and needle insertion to accomplish a transverse abdominal plane block. (B) Transducer position and needle insertion to accomplish iliohypogastric…
Spinal Sonography and Considerations for Ultrasound-Guided Central Neuraxial Blockade Wing Hong Kwok and Manoj Karmakar Introduction Ultrasound scanning (US) can offer several advantages when used to guide placement of the…
Wrist Block FIGURE 16-1. (A) Technique to accomplish a wrist block. (B) Median nerve block. Needle is inserted medial or lateral to the flexor palmaris longus tendon and carefully advanced…
