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Distribution of evoked paraesthesiae and effectiveness of brachial plexus block
Author(s) -
Smith B. E.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1986.tb12958.x
Subject(s) - medicine , brachial plexus , brachial plexus block , distribution (mathematics) , anesthesia , block (permutation group theory) , mathematical analysis , geometry , mathematics
Summary The distribution of paraesthesiae evoked by a low power nerve stimulator during performance of supraclavicular brachial plexus block was studied in 120 patients. Evoked paraesthesiae in the distribution of the median nerve was associated with a significant improvement in effectiveness of the block when compared with evoked paraesthesiae in the ulnar and radial distributions. A possible explanation for this funding is proposed.