Ultrasound-guided peribulbar block in dromedary camels: a descriptive cadaveric study

• Published in: BMC veterinary research Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 431 - 6
• Main Authors: Marzok, Mohamed, Almubarak, Adel, Elkhidr, Rasha Yassin, Elkawi, Mohamed Abd, El-Sherif, Mohamed W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 02.07.2025; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Accuracy; Acoustics; Analgesics; Anesthesia; Animal anesthesia; Animals; Cadaver; Cadavers; Camel; Camelidae; Camelids; Camelus - surgery; Computed tomography; Contrast media; General anesthesia; Injection; Methods; Nerve block; Nerve Block - methods; Nerve Block - veterinary; Ocular surgeries; Optic nerve; Orbit - diagnostic imaging; Regional anesthesia; Retrobulbar nerve block; Sedatives; Statistical analysis; Success; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - veterinary; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonography, Interventional - methods; Ultrasonography, Interventional - veterinary; Ultrasound; Ultrasound imaging; Visualization; Egypt; Anesthesia; Nerve block; Ocular surgeries; Camel; Retrobulbar nerve block

Sternal recumbent procedures in camels using a balanced combination of sedatives and analgesics are gaining increasing clinical importance. Ultrasound-guided peribulbar nerve block (UG-PB) has been previously described in dogs, horses, and humans for facial and ocular surgeries, offering a lower ris...