Open AccessTruncal injection brachial plexus block: A Description of a novel injection technique and dose finding study
Author(s) -
T Sivashanmugam,
R Sripriya,
Gobinath Jayaraman,
C Ravindran,
M Ravishankar
Publication year - 2020
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/ija.ija_803_19
Subject(s) - medicine , brachial plexus , brachial plexus block , local anaesthetic , forearm , anesthesia , ultrasound , trunk , upper trunk , nerve block , surgery , radiology , ecology , biology
Brachial plexus (BP) blocks continue to be described with reference to anatomical landmarks (Interscalene and Supraclavicular), even after the introduction of ultrasound which enables us to directly identify the roots, trunks and divisions of the BP. The aim of this study was to describe a novel injection technique targeting trunks of BP and to determine the minimum effective local anaesthetic volume (MELAV) required to produce BP block with this approach.