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Authored by the worlds leading authorities, this is an authoritative, full-color instructional manual for mastering nerve block techniques. Beautifully illustrated with 350 color illustrations, including 175 clinical photographs of actual patients.


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LEARN FROM THE WORLD AUTHORITIES

From the experts at the New York School of Regional Anesthesia one of the world’s leading programs for practice, education, and research in the field comes this concise, fullcolor tutorial for mastering or updating your expertise in nerve block techniques. Featuring 350 illustrations, including 175 life-like, full color clinical photographs of actual patients, Peripheral Nerve Blocks provides the most practical, state of the art guidance for most major nerve block procedures. A standardized, user friendly format provides meticulous, step by step instructions for each procedure including:

General Considerations

Indications

Functional Anatomy

Patient Positioning

Equipment

Choice of Local Anesthetic

Distribution of Anesthesia

Surface and Anatomical Landmarks

Single Shot and Continuous Techniques

Complications and How to Avoid Them

All chapters begin with a unique Block at a Glance feature that serves as a flash card and conveniently lists the most important, salient features of each block such as
indications, landmarks, equipment, anesthetic, and level of complexity. In addition, a separate Keys To Success with Nerve Blocks chapter conveniently summarizes general guidelines for selection of techniques.


FEATURES

Clear, accurate, step by step instructions for most major nerve block procedures in real patients

Numerous detailed and clinically insightful descriptions and illustrations, without distracting theoretical considerations

Brilliant, full-color original illustrations and clinical photographs that illuminate each procedure with unparalleled detail

Numerous Tips and Goals specific to every procedure

Tables with choice of Local Anesthetics specific for each nerve block procedure

Separate chapters cover equipment and patient monitoring, essential anatomy, clinical pharmacology, neurologic complications, and more

Suggested Readings included in every chapter

Highly instructive, beautifully illustrated, and superbly written, PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCKS serves as your personal hands on workshop to learn and utilize state of the art nerve block techniques an ever increasing portion of your daily practice. It should be an integral part of your anesthesiology library.

1. Foreword
2. Preface
3. Training in Peripheral Nerve Blocks
4. Essential Regional Anesthesia Anatomy
5. Equipment and Patient Monitoring in Regional Anesthesia
6. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation and Nerve Stimulation
7. Clinical Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics
8. Neurological Complications of Peripheral Nerve Blocks
9. Keys to Success with Peripheral Nerve Blocks
10. Cervical Plexus Blocks
11. Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block
12. Infraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block
13. Axillary Brachial Plexus Block
14. Wrist Block
15. Digital block
16. Intravenous Regional Block of the Upper Extremity
17. Cutaneous Nerve Block of the Upper Extremity
18. Thoracic Paravertebral Block
19. Thoraco lumbar Paravertebral Block
20. Lumbar Plexus Block
21. Sciatic Nerve Posterior Approach
22. Sciatic Nerve Anterior Approach
23. Femoral Nerve Block
24. Popliteal Block: Intertendinuous Approach
25. Popliteal Block: Lateral Approach
26. Ankle Block
27. Cutaneous Nerve Block of the Lower Extremity