Brachial plexus block is useful for upper extremity surgery, and many techniques are
available. The aim of our study was to compare the efficacy of axillary brachial plexus block …

IMPLICATIONS: A new posterolateral approach to the proximal brachial plexus, the
transscalene block, is associated with an 85% success rate and only minor (transient) side …

Results: About 90% patients in US group and 73.1% in NS group, had successful blocks P=
0.028. The onset of block was faster in the Group US as compared to Group NS and this …

Background The ability to provide adequate intraoperative anesthesia and postoperative
analgesia for orthopedic shoulder surgery continues to be a procedural challenge …

ractitioners and investigators alike continue the search for one of the “Holy Grails” of
regional anesthesia: the ideal brachial plexus block. Such a block would be ideal if it …

We performed the subclavian perivascular approach to the brachial plexus using contrast
medium to confirm the location of the tip of the needle and the spread of the injected solution …

Methods. Patients for upper extremity surgery (n= 508) received either an interscalene block
(n= 266) or an axillary block (n= 242). Surgical anesthesia was achieved in 97% of the …

Background: Interscalene brachial plexus block (IBPB) is the gold standard for perioperative
pain management in shoulder surgery. However, a more distal technique would be …

Abstract Correspondence to Dr Enrique Monzó, Department of Anesthesiology, Madrid-
Montepríncipe University Hospital, Madrid 28660, Spain; e-monzo@ hotmail. com To the …

The axillary brachial plexus block is the peripheral nerve block most used for upper limb
surgery, due to its high rate of efficacy and low incidence of complications compared with …