• Curr Opin Anaesthesiol · Oct 2013

    Review

    Ultrasound guidance, a win-win approach to peripheral nerve blockade.

    • Denis Jochum, Gabriella Iohom, and Hervé Bouaziz.
    • aAlbert Schweitzer Hospital, Colmar, France bCork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland cUniversity Hospital, Nancy, France.
    • Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2013 Oct 1; 26 (5): 600-4.

    Purpose Of ReviewThe objective of the current review is to examine the likelihood of improved safety in peripheral nerve blockade attributable to ultrasound guidance.Recent FindingsWith ultrasound guidance, a 10-fold reduction in the incidence of local anesthetic systemic toxicity as well as a tendency toward less long-term neuropathies are shown.SummaryUltrasound is clearly superior to other techniques with the aim of achieving maximum efficacy with minimum risk: a win-win approach.

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