Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Nov 1999
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialContinuous psoas compartment block for anesthesia and perioperative analgesia in patients with hip fractures.
The perioperative use of continuous psoas compartment block (CPCB) was compared with traditional pain management for patients with fracture of the femur. The anatomy of CPCB was also tested in cadavers. ⋯ The CPCB seems to be an appropriate technique for efficient and safe perioperative pain control. However, in our dissections, the psoas compartment was not well defined in all patients, thus, using this route for anesthesia may result in only partial success.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Nov 1999
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialDouble-injection method using peripheral nerve stimulator is superior to single injection in axillary plexus block.
Axillary block using a single-injection method does not always provide effective analgesia. This study examined whether a double axillary block injection technique is superior to a single injection axillary block. ⋯ A double-injection method in axillary block provides excellent analgesia and motor block compared with a single-injection method. Moreover, the need for supplemental nerve blocks is significantly decreased.