Upper extremity regional anesthesia: essentials of our current understanding, 2008

JM Neal, JC Gerancher, JR Hebl, BM Ilfeld… - Regional Anesthesia & …, 2009 - rapm.bmj.com
Brachial plexus blockade is the cornerstone of the peripheral nerve regional anesthesia
practice of most anesthesiologists. As part of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia …

Pathophysiology and etiology of nerve injury following peripheral nerve blockade

R Brull, A Hadzic, MA Reina… - Regional Anesthesia & …, 2015 - rapm.bmj.com
This review synthesizes anatomical, anesthetic, surgical, and patient factors that may
contribute to neurologic complications associated with peripheral nerve blockade …

The second ASRA practice advisory on neurologic complications associated with regional anesthesia and pain medicine: executive summary 2015

JM Neal, MJ Barrington, R Brull, A Hadzic… - Regional Anesthesia & …, 2015 - rapm.bmj.com
Neurologic injury associated with regional anesthetic or pain medicine procedures is
extremely rare. The Second American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine …

Neurological complication analysis of 1000 ultrasound guided peripheral nerve blocks for elective orthopaedic surgery: a prospective study*

MJ Fredrickson, DH Kilfoyle - Anaesthesia, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Little data exists regarding the frequency of neurological complications following ultrasound
guided peripheral nerve blockade. Therefore, we studied single injection and continuous …

A prospective, randomized, controlled trial comparing ultrasound versus nerve stimulator guidance for interscalene block for ambulatory shoulder surgery for …

SS Liu, VM Zayas, MA Gordon, JC Beathe… - Anesthesia & …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Visualization with ultrasound during regional anesthesia may reduce the
risk of intraneural injection and subsequent neurological symptoms but has not been …

Brachial plexus blocks: a review of approaches and techniques

Q Hieu, D Tran, A Clemente, J Doan… - Canadian Journal of …, 2007 - search.proquest.com
Brachial plexus blocks: a review of approaches and techniques Page 1 662 CANADIAN
JOURNAL OF ANESTHESIA CAN J ANESTH 54: 8 www.cja-jca.org August, 2007 Purpose …

Intensity of the stimulating current may not be a reliable indicator of intraneural needle placement

TP Tsai, I Vuckovic, F Dilberovic… - Regional Anesthesia & …, 2008 - rapm.bmj.com
Background and Objectives: The current intensity at which a motor response is elicited with
an intraneural needle placement has been inadequately studied. We hypothesized that …

Peripheral nerve stimulation in regional anesthesia

SM Klein, MS Melton, WM Grill… - Regional Anesthesia & …, 2012 - rapm.bmj.com
Peripheral nerve stimulation has a long history in regional anesthesia. Despite the advent of
ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blockade, nerve stimulation remains a popular …

Regional anesthesia meets ultrasound: a specialty in transition

BD Sites, BC Spence, J Gallagher… - Acta …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Despite its well‐known benefits, regional anesthesia has not attained the stature, simplicity,
and safety of general anesthesia. Many of the challenges and clinical failures of regional …

Regional anesthesia procedures for shoulder and upper arm surgery upper extremity update—2005 to present

R Sripada, C Bowens - International anesthesiology clinics, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Common shoulder surgical procedures include hemiarthroplasty, total shoulder arthroplasty,
shoulder arthroscopy, subacromial (SA) decompression, shoulder instability procedures …