Open AccessComparison between perivascular and perineural ultrasound-guided axillary brachial plexus block using levobupivacaine: A prospective, randomised clinical study
Author(s) -
Uday Ambi,
Pvv Bhanupriya,
Shivanand Y Hulkund,
D. S. Prakashappa
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.167476
Subject(s) - medicine , levobupivacaine , anesthesia , brachial plexus , ultrasound , prospective cohort study , surgery , nerve block , axillary artery , bupivacaine , radiology
Ultrasound (US)-guided regional blocks are becoming increasingly popular as its use increases success rate, shortens block onset time and reduces complications. Currently, there exist two methods to perform US-guided axillary brachial plexus block (US-ABPB), the perivascular (PV) and the perineural (PN) techniques. We compared the two techniques to study the block characteristics and other variables using levobupivacaine.