Open AccessA Randomized Comparison Between Double-Injection and Targeted Intracluster-Injection Ultrasound-Guided Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block
Author(s) -
Wallaya Techasuk,
Andrea P. González,
Francisca Bernucci,
Tracy Cupido,
Roderick J. Finlayson,
De Q.H. Tran
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000000224
Subject(s) - medicine , lidocaine , anesthesia , brachial plexus , local anesthetic , brachial plexus block , confidence interval , ultrasound , surgery , nuclear medicine , radiology
In this prospective, randomized, observer-blinded study, we compared double-injection (DI) ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block to a novel targeted intracluster-injection (TII) technique, whereby local anesthetic is injected inside the main and satellite neural clusters (confluences of trunks and divisions of the brachial plexus).