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Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim · Dec 2003
Review[Peripheral nerve block for surgical anesthesia and postoperative analgesia of the legs].
- M Taboada Muñiz, J Rodríguez, J Alvarez Escudero, J Cortés, and P G Atanassoff.
- Servicio de Anestesia, Reanimación y Terapia del Dolor, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Travesía da Choupana s/n, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña.
- Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim. 2003 Dec 1;50(10):510-20.
AbstractEven though peripheral nerve blocks (PNB) on the lower limb offer advantages over neuroaxial blockades and general anesthesia, their use has not been fully established. The infrequency with which PNBs are used may be due to inadequate learning, the need to make several injections, the time until onset of block, or anesthesiologists' and surgeons' lack of familiarity with the benefits of regional blocks. Interest seems to have increased in recent years, as numerous publications have focused on lower limb PNBs for surgery and postoperative analgesia. Our aim was to review the main approaches used and the indications for each.
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