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…
