Articles: nerve-block.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Aug 1984
The duration of pain relief after penile block to boys undergoing circumcision.
Bupivacaine plain, 2.5 mg/ml, was used for a nerve block of the dorsal nerves of the penis. Satisfactory postoperative analgesia was obtained in 24 of 28 boys undergoing circumcision. Eighteen of the 24 boys with a successful nerve block did not require analgesics during the first 24 h postoperatively. All blocks were performed by the surgeon just before surgery.
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The management of a broken short 30-gauge hypodermic needle after an inferior alveolar dental nerve block in a 3-year-old child is discussed. Because of the possibility of the needle migrating toward vital structures, and because of the psychologic and medicolegal implications that could arise, we believed that the needle should be immediately removed with surgical procedures.
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J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. · Aug 1984
A modified auriculotemporal nerve block for regional anesthesia of the temporomandibular joint.
A technique for producing regional auriculotemporal nerve analgesia is described. Undesirable side effects have been minimized by avoiding facial nerve branches and blood vessels, and injection at the site of the nerve trunk.
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Anesthesia and analgesia · Jul 1984
Continuous axillary brachial plexus block--a clinical and anatomical study.
In order to decrease both the failure rate and inadvertent arterial puncture rate that may be associated with continuous axillary brachial plexus block, a new technique of insertion of the catheter in the axilla was studied in 52 patients and in 12 fresh cadavers. With the arm abducted, externally rotated, and flexed at the elbow, an 80-mm long catheter was inserted under the skin at a site located 40-mm below the axilla and medial to the biceps muscle. Injection of lidocaine and bupivacaine produced sensory and motor blockades of the median, radial, ulnar, and musculocutaneous nerves in 98% of the patients. ⋯ In the anatomical study, injection of dye and molding solutions showed that the tip of the catheter lay not in the perivascular sheath, but in a virtual cavity that was very superficial, under the skin, and surrounding the perivascular space. The technique used was safe and had a high success rate. It is particularly useful in patients undergoing long operations and in patients in whom pain would otherwise prevent postoperative physiotherapy of the upper arm.