Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Mar 2005
Ultrasound-guided musculocutaneous nerve block: a description of a novel technique.
Localizing the musculocutaneous nerve for neural blockade is crucial to providing surgical anesthesia for the distal forearm. We present a novel approach for localizing and anesthetizing the musculocutaneous nerve. ⋯ Ultrasound can facilitate the localization and local anesthetic block of the musculocutaneous nerve.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Mar 2005
Case ReportsContinuous peripheral nerve block for battlefield anesthesia and evacuation.
Peripheral nerve and continuous peripheral nerve block (CPNB) have the potential to be valuable techniques in combat anesthesia. We describe the first successful application of CPNB in the pain management and surgical management of a combat casualty as he was evacuated from the Iraqi battlefield to the United States.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Mar 2005
Letter Case ReportsBacterial meningitis ten days after spinal anesthesia.