Articles: nerve-block.
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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Oct 2006
Case Reports[Systemic toxicity caused by local anesthetics after peripheral nerve blocks].
Peripheral nerve blocks have aroused increasing interest in recent years, leading to a rise in the rate of complications. At the same time noteworthy technical advances have been made in areas such as nerve stimulation and ultrasound imaging, and local anesthetics have become safer. Nevertheless, the risk of anesthetic-related systemic toxicity, which manifests with neurological symptoms that tend to be forerunners of cardiovascular ones, can not be ignored. We report 2 cases of systemic toxicity due to the use of a mixture of local anesthetics during nerve blocks for outpatient surgery.
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Ned Tijdschr Tandheelkd · Oct 2006
Case Reports[Transient paresis after mandibular block anaesthesia].
Mandibular block anaesthesia is frequently used in dentistry. The technique is more susceptible to failure than local anaesthesia by infiltration. Two cases of patients who were afflicted by transient paresis of (branches of) the facial and vagus nerves after mandibular block anaesthesia have been analysed. With reference to both these cases advice is given on how to react in case of a misdirected mandibular block anaesthesia.