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2011/12  

Low-volume US-guided nerve block: trade-off between block success and analgesia

 
 

Low-volume ultrasound-guided nerve block
provides inferior postoperative analgesia compared
to a higher-volume landmark technique.

b. fischer
U.K.
 

Frederickson MJ et al.
RAPM 2011; 36:393-8

 

2011/12  

PCB beats caudal for paediatric hip surgery

 
 

Psoas compartment block for acute postoperative pain management
after hip surgery in pediatrics: a comparative study with caudal analgesia.

p. lönnqvist
Sweden
 

Omar AM, Mansour MA, Kamal AS,
Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2011 Mar-Apr;36(2):121-4

 

2011/12  

Circumferential spread of local anaesthetic leads to more rapid block

 
 

Ultrasound-guided evaluation of the local anesthetic spread
parameters required for a rapid surgical popliteal sciatic nerve block.

p. lönnqvist
Sweden
 

Morau D et al,
Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2010 Nov;35(6):559-64

 

2011/12  

Disappointing long-term results from extended femoral catheters
for TKA

 
 

Long-term pain, stiffness, and functional disability
after total knee arthroplasty with and without an extended
ambulatory continuous femoral nerve block: a prospective,
1-year follow-up of a multicenter, randomized, triple-masked,
placebo-controlled trial.

j. raeder
Norway

 

Ilfeld BM et al,
RAPM 2011;36:116-20

 

2011/05

MLAV can be a good indicator of block efficacy

 
 

Minimal local anaesthetic volumes for sciatic nerve block:
evaluation of ED99 in volunteers

b. fischer
U.K.
 

Latze D et al.
British Journal of Anaesthesia 2010;104:239-44

 

2011/05

Infraclavicular better than supraclavicular at home

 
 

A Randomized Comparison of Infraclavicular
and Supraclavicular Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks
for Postoperative Analgesia

a. borgeat
Switzerland
 

Mariano ER et al.
Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2011;36:26-31.

 

2011/05

Hemidiaphragmatic paresis unpredictable and unavoidable after interscalene block

 
  Decreasing the local anesthetic volume From 20 to 10 ml for
Ultrasound-Guided Interscalene Block at the Cricoid Level
Does Not Reduce the Incidence of Hemidiaphragmatic Paresis
Ø. Klaastad
Norway
 

Sinha, Sanjay K.  et al.
Regional Anesthesia and Pain medicine 2011; 36:17-20

 

2011/05

Perineural steroid prolongs analgesia

 
 

Dexamethasone added to mepivacaine prolongs the duration
of analgesia after supraclavicular brachial plexus blockade.

s. h. renes
The Netherlands
 

Parrington et al.
Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2010, 35, 422-6.

 

 
 
     
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