Open AccessSelective Local Anesthetic Placement Using Ultrasound Guidance and Neurostimulation for Infraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block
Author(s) -
Clifford Bowens,
Rajnish K. Gupta,
William T. O'Byrne,
Jonathan S. Schildcrout,
Yaping Shi,
Jermel J. Hawkins,
Damon R. Michaels,
James M. Berry
Publication year - 2010
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.0b013e3181d7e07e
Subject(s) - medicine , neurostimulation , anesthesia , local anesthetic , anesthesiology , anesthetic , brachial plexus , cord , surgery , stimulation
In this study, we performed the infraclavicular block with combined ultrasound guidance and neurostimulation to selectively target cords to compare the success rates of placing a single injection of local anesthetic either in a central or peripheral location.