Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Nov 2010
The ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block for anterior iliac crest bone graft postoperative pain relief: a prospective descriptive study.
Acute postoperative pain and nerve injuries frequently lead to neuropathic chronic pain after anterior iliac crest (AIC) bone graft. This prospective study evaluated postoperative pain relief after preoperative ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block for orthopedic surgery with an AIC bone harvest and the prevalence of pain chronicization at 18 months after surgery. ⋯ Ultrasound-guided TAP block is an appropriate technique for postoperative analgesia after AIC bone harvest in orthopedic surgery.
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Nov 2010
Comparative StudyComparison of 2% mepivacaine, clipping, and radiofrequency thermocoagulation for duration and magnitude of action in peripheral arterial blood flow induced by sympathetic block in anesthetized dogs.
Thoracic sympathetic block has recently been performed by placement of the clips on the sympathetic chain to interrupt nerve conduction. The aim of this study was to compare clipping with 2% mepivacaine and radiofrequency thermocoagulation for the potency of sympathetic block from the results of the duration and magnitude of the vasodilation effect induced by thoracic sympathetic block in dogs. ⋯ Clipping may have a same potency compared with 2% mepivacaine and a less potency compared with radiofrequency thermocoagulation in thoracic sympathetic block in dogs.