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Regional anesthesia
Author(s) -
A P Winnie
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1998.tb04962.x
Subject(s) - medicine , citation , regional anesthesia , library science , anesthesia , computer science
Regional anaesthesia (or regional anesthesia) is anesthesia affecting only a large part of the body, such as a limb or the lower half of the body. Regional anaesthetic techniques can be divided into central and peripheral techniques. The central techniques include so called neuraxial blocks (epidural anaesthesia, spinal anesthesia). The peripheral techniques can be further divided into plexus blocks such as brachial plexus blocks, and single nerve blocks. Regional anaesthesia may be performed as a single shot or with a continuous catheter through which medication is given over a prolonged period of time, e.g. continuous peripheral nerve block. Regional anaesthesia can be provided by injecting local anesthetics directly into the veins of an arm (provided the ven flow is impeded by a tourniquet.) This is called intravenous regional techniques (Bier ous