RT Book, Section
A1 Kay, Joseph
A1 Delmonte, Rick J.
A1 Greenberg, Paul M.
A2 Hadzic, Admir
SR Print(0)
ID 3502680
T1 Chapter 39. Ankle Block
T2 NYSORA Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management
YR 2007
FD 2007
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071449069
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3502680
RD 2024/04/24
AB Foot  anesthesia  is  readily  accomplished  by  blocking  the  five  peripheral  nerves  that  innervate  the  area  by  means  of  local  anesthetic  deposition  either  slightly  proximal  or  distal  to  the  malleoli.1–5  This  technique  is  easily  learned  and  simple  to  perform,  using  straightforward  visual  and  palpable  anatomic  landmarks.  It  does  not  require  special  equipment,  paresthesia  elicitation,  nerve  stimulation,  special  positioning,  or  patient  cooperation.1–5