Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jul 2000
Case ReportsComputed tomography-guided pudendal nerve block. A new diagnostic approach to long-term anoperineal pain: a report of two cases.
To show the value of computed tomography (CT) in selectively blocking the pudendal nerve in patients with long-term anogenital pain of uncertain etiology. We report a technique to selectively block the pudendal nerve using CT guidance in 2 patients with long-term anogenital pain. ⋯ The use of CT to guide the procedure allowed precision in performing the procedure and in making a differential diagnosis.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jul 2000
Case ReportsCircumcision supplemented by dorsal penile nerve block with 0.75% ropivacaine: a complication.
Dorsal penile nerve block is a common procedure and can provide effective analgesia after penile surgery. Ischemic complications are rare and generally result from trauma or inadvertent administration of vasoconstrictive solutions. ⋯ Theoretical concerns over the vasoconstrictive properties of ropivacaine may be sufficient to avoid its use where the potential for ischemia to end organs is present.