Open AccessUltrasound-Guided Axillary Brachial Plexus Block with 20 Milliliters Local Anesthetic Mixture Versus General Anesthesia for Upper Limb Trauma Surgery: An Observer-Blinded, Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial
Author(s) -
Brian D. O’Donnell,
Helen Ryan,
Owen P. O’Sullivan,
Gabrielle Iohom
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181a3e721
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , perioperative , randomized controlled trial , visual analogue scale , bupivacaine , brachial plexus , local anesthetic , fentanyl , anesthetic , analgesic , nerve block , surgery , axillary artery , ultrasound , brachial plexus block , lidocaine , radiology
We performed a randomized, controlled trial comparing low-dose ultrasound-guided axillary block with general anesthesia evaluating anesthetic and perioperative analgesic outcomes.