Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jul 2008
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyUltrasound- or nerve stimulation-guided wrist blocks for carpal tunnel release: a randomized prospective comparative study.
We hypothesized that ultrasound-guided wrist blocks may be faster to perform, and may increase success rate, compared with nerve stimulation-guided wrist blocks. ⋯ This randomized prospective study demonstrates that ultrasound-guided wrist nerve blocks are as efficient as those performed with nerve stimulation.