Perioperative nerve injuries have long been recognized as a complication of regional
anesthesia. Fortunately, severe or disabling neurologic complications rarely occur. Risk …

The complications of failure, neural injury and local anaesthetic toxicity are common to all
regional anaesthesia techniques, and individual techniques are associated with specific …

Perhaps the clearest picture of the numbers and types of injuries from regional anesthesia is
provided by the ASA Closed Claims Project database. In reviewing these data, it is valuable …

BACKGROUND: Regional anesthesia (RA) provides excellent anesthesia and analgesia for
many surgical procedures. Anesthesiologists and patients must understand the risks in …

Nerve injuries have been described as clinical, anatomic, or laboratory findings, consistent
with damage to discrete elements of the peripheral nervous system. 1 This rather broad …

The pathogenesis of perioperative nerve injury is complex with multiple potential etiologies
and mechanisms. The role of intraneural injections as a modifiable risk factor for neurologic …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In view of the relatively few large studies available to
estimate the rates of complications following regional anesthesia, we aimed to identify and …

Abstract Purpose of Review Understanding the etiologies of the complications associated
with regional anesthesia and implementing methods to reduce their occurrence provides an …

Background Regional anesthesia has been increasingly used. Despite its low number of
complications, they are associated with relevant morbidity. This study aims to evaluate the …

Regional anesthesia is responsible for approximately one-fifth of professional liability
claims. The present investigation evaluated common and rare complications related to …