Digital nerve blocks: More gain with less pain

• Published in: Australasian journal of dermatology Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 60 - 61
• Main Authors: Scarff, Catherine E, Scarff, Christopher W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...