Articles: nerve-block.
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Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb · Jul 2000
[Surgical peri- and postoperative plexus anesthesia in subacromial decompression of the shoulder].
The aim of the present investigation was to check the peri- and postoperative plexus anesthesia on early functional outcome and postoperative analgetic consumption during subacromialen decompression until the date of discharge. ⋯ The investigation shows that peri- and postoperative plexus anesthesia has no positive influence on the early functional outcome after subacromial decompression of the shoulder.
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Int J Obstet Anesth · Jul 2000
Paraesthesiae and nerve damage following combined spinal epidural and spinal anaesthesia: a pilot survey.
Concern has been expressed that recent changes in techniques of spinal blockade may have resulted in an increase in frequency of neurological sequelae. In order to make preliminary enquiries about anaesthetists' recent experiences of neurological sequelae following spinal and combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia, a questionnaire, covering numbers of procedures, needles used and any neurological problems that had been encountered, was sent to the anaesthetist in charge of each obstetric centre on the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' United Kingdom list. ⋯ Whitacre atraumatic needle (odds ratio 1.40, confidence interval 0.64 to 3.08). A prospective survey, or better still, randomisation would be needed to verify these findings.
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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.