Articles: nerve-block.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Combined sciatic-femoral nerve block with 0.75% ropivacaine: effects of adding a systemically inactive dose of fentanyl.
To evaluate the effects of adding low-dose fentanyl to 0.75% ropivacaine during peripheral nerve blocks, 30 ASA physical status I-II patients undergoing hallux valgus repair under combined sciatic-femoral nerve block were randomly allocated in a double-blind fashion to receive nerve block placement with 30 mL of either 0.75% ropivacaine alone (group: ropivacaine, n = 15) or 0.75% ropivacaine plus fentanyl 1 microg kg(-1) (group: ropivacaine-fentanyl, n = 15). A blinded observer recorded haemodynamic variables and sedation, as well as the time required to achieve surgical block and the first request for analgesia. ⋯ The degree of pain measured at first analgesic request, and the consumption of postoperative analgesics, was similar in the two groups, while the mean time from block placement to the first request for pain medication was 13.7 h (25-75th percentiles: 11.8-14.5 h) in the ropivacaine group and 13.9 h (25-75th percentiles: 10.5-14.5 h) in the ropivacaine-fentanyl group (P = not significant). We conclude that adding fentanyl 1 microg kg(-1) to 0.75% ropivacaine did not provide clinically relevant advantages in terms of onset time, quality and duration of combined sciatic-femoral nerve block in patients undergoing elective hallux valgus repair.
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Lower extremity nerve blocks have not become as popular as upper extremity blocks for anesthesia; however, the use of lower extremity nerve blocks will become more widespread, as teaching programs are now providing more regional anesthesia experiences for their trainees so that the anesthesia provider will have the familiarity to use these blocks. To increase the enthusiasm among our surgical colleagues, we must begin to use these blocks for surgery, and if the block must be supplemented with local anesthetic or a light general anesthetic, we must educate them that the block is not a failure but a success, as it will provide analgesia after surgery in a method of multimodal pain control. ⋯ Because the block may be placed in an induction room, there is no induction or emergence in the operating room. Patients may be discharged without the need for pain medications, thus lowering the incidence of nausea postoperatively and decreasing PACU and discharge times.
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To evaluate the effects of unilateral stellate ganglion blockade on left ventricular function. ⋯ In patients without cardiovascular disease, unilateral denervation of the left ventricle after stellate ganglion block produces no clinical deleterious effects on left ventricular function.
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The complications of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) under cervical plexus blockade have yet to be fully evaluated. Two different cases are presented; both patients suffered sudden collapse following superficial and deep cervical plexus block in preparation for CEA. The causes, presenting signs and differential diagnoses are discussed. The safest cervical plexus anaesthetic block technique has not yet been established.
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Jun 2000
Therapeutic selective nerve root block in the nonsurgical treatment of atraumatic cervical spondylotic radicular pain: a retrospective analysis with independent clinical review.
To investigate the outcomes resulting from the use of fluoroscopically guided therapeutic selective nerve root block (SNRB) in the nonsurgical treatment of atraumatic cervical spondylotic radicular pain. ⋯ This study suggests that fluoroscopically guided therapeutic SNRB is a clinically effective intervention in the treatment of atraumatic cervical spondylotic radicular pain.