Regional anesthesia
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Regional anesthesia · Mar 1995
Clinical TrialCompartment block for foot surgery. A new approach to tibial nerve and common peroneal nerve block.
The concept of single injections of local anesthetics into fascial compartments was pioneered by Winnie in reports on paravascular techniques. Winnie described an axillary approach for brachial plexus block and the inguinal route for lumbar plexus block. The compartmental principle can, with advantage, be extended to more peripheral anesthesia of the tibial and common peroneal nerves by the use of osteofascial compartments in the leg. ⋯ Further studies of compartmental anesthesia for other nerve trunks and plexuses may be of value.