RT Book, Section
A1 Hobeika, Paul
A1 Castermans, Tessy
A1 Duerinckx, Joris
A1 van Boxstael, Sam
A2 Hadzic, Admir
SR Print(0)
ID 1141739267
T1 Wrist Block
T2 Hadzic's Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071717595
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141739267
RD 2024/04/23
AB The  wrist  block  involves  anesthesia  of  the  median,  ulnar,  and  radial  nerves,  including  the  dorsal  sensory  branch  of  the  ulnar  nerve.  The  wrist  block  is  simple  to  perform,  essentially  devoid  of  systemic  complications,  and  highly  effective  for  a  variety  of  procedures  on  the  hand  and  fingers.  Wrist  blocks  can  be  used  in  the  office  or  operating  room  setting.  As  such,  skill  in  performing  a  wrist  block  should  be  in  the  armamentarium  of  every  practitioner.1-9  A  study  comparing  intra-articular  and  portal  infiltration  versus  wrist  block  for  analgesia  after  arthroscopy  of  the  wrist  has  shown  that  wrist  block  provides  better  and  more  reliable  analgesia  in  patients  undergoing  arthroscopy  of  the  wrist  without  exposing  patients  to  the  risk  of  chondrotoxicity.10