Digital nerve blocks: More gain with less pain

SUMMARY Digital nerve blocks are commonly used and effective techniques for achieving anaesthesia of the digit for the purposes of enabling a variety of surgical procedures to be performed. Several techniques have been described including the traditional method, the metacarpal block and the transthe...

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Published inAustralasian journal of dermatology Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 60 - 61
Main Authors Scarff, Catherine E, Scarff, Christopher W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.02.2007
Blackwell
Subjects
anaesthesia
Anesthesia
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Anesthetics, Local - administration & dosage
Biological and medical sciences
Dermatology
digit
Finger Injuries - surgery
General anesthesia. Technics. Complications. Neuromuscular blocking. Premedication. Surgical preparation. Sedation
Humans
Medical sciences
Metacarpus - innervation
Nerve Block - methods
Pain Measurement
Human
Nerve
Pain
Dermatology
Finger
Anesthesia
Block
anaesthesia
digit
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Summary:SUMMARY Digital nerve blocks are commonly used and effective techniques for achieving anaesthesia of the digit for the purposes of enabling a variety of surgical procedures to be performed. Several techniques have been described including the traditional method, the metacarpal block and the transthecal approach. We favour the traditional technique, and describe a variation of the technique.
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Catherine E Scarff, FACD. Christopher W Scarff, FANZCA.
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ISSN:0004-8380
1440-0960
DOI:10.1111/j.1440-0960.2007.00328.x