This randomised, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled study compared the effect of perineural
with intravenous dexamethasone, both administered concomitantly with interscalene …

Methods Forty patients undergoing arm, forearm and hand surgeries were randomly
selected. The forty patients were divided in two groups of 20 each. In-group one, a brachial …

1248 supraclavicular brachial plexus blocks and 665 axillary plexus blocks were
administered to 1913 patients undergoing upper limb surgery. Plexus block alone was …

We evaluated whether pre‐emptive analgesia with a pre‐operative ultrasound‐guided
infraclavicular brachial plexus block resulted in better postoperative analgesia than an …

Background: Regional anaesthesia offers the anaesthesiologist, the surgeon, as well as the
patient advantages over general anaesthesia such as being conscious through the surgery …

We retrospectively reviewed 543 brachial plexus blocks performed on 526 outpatients. Most
(98%) of the blocks were performed by means of the axillary approach. Various techniques …

Brachial plexus blocks: a review of approaches and techniques Page 1 662 CANADIAN
JOURNAL OF ANESTHESIA CAN J ANESTH 54: 8 www.cja-jca.org August, 2007 Purpose …

Background: This prospective, randomized study compared the efficacy of the vertical
infraclavicular and axillary approaches using a single injection blockade of the brachial …

Background: Interscalene brachial plexus block is an effective regional anesthesia
technique for shoulder surgeries. The superiority of the popular ultrasound-guided blocks …

Abstract Study Objectives: To study the safety and efficacy of the transarterial approach to
brachial plexus block with 60 to 70 ml of local anesthetic solution, and to compare the …