Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jul 2012
Editorial CommentConnective tissues associated with peripheral nerves.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jul 2012
Real-time evaluation of diffusion of the local anesthetic solution during peribulbar block using ultrasound imaging and clinical correlates of diffusion.
The aims of this prospective observational study were to assess the incidence of intraconal spread during peribulbar (extraconal) anesthesia by real-time ultrasound imaging of the retro-orbital compartment and to determine whether a complete sensory and motor block (with akinesia) of the eye is directly related to the intraconal spread. ⋯ Ultrasound imaging provides information of local anesthetic spread within the retro-orbital space, which might assist in the prediction of block success.