Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jan 2005
Case ReportsTwo cases of a wrong-site peripheral nerve block and a process to prevent this complication.
The purpose of this study was to develop a system to prevent laterality errors while performing peripheral nerve blockade. ⋯ The anesthesiologist plays an important role in preventing wrong-site peripheral nerve blockade and surgery. The protocol developed for "Pre-Anesthetic Site Verification" as a supplement to our preoperative site verification policy is invaluable in preventing wrong-site anesthesia and surgery.