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 …

Background and Objectives: We aimed to identify current clinical practice patterns among
members of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) …

Background Serious complications related to regional anesthesia have previously been
described primarily in case reports and retrospective surveys. The authors prospectively …

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

Complications of regional anaesthesia has been recognised from very long time. Fortunately
serious complication are rare. Safe, effective practice of neuraxial anaesthesia requires a …

Perioperative nerve injuries have long been recognized as a complication of regional
anesthesia. Although severe or disabling neurologic complications are rare, recent …

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 Several previous surveys have estimated the rate of major complications that
occur after regional anesthesia. However, because of the increase in the use of regional …

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

Nerve injury after peripheral regional anesthesia is rare and is not usually permanent. Some
authors believe that inducing peripheral nerve blocks in patients during general anesthesia …