TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Wrist Block A1 - Hobeika, Paul A1 - Castermans, Tessy A1 - Duerinckx, Joris A1 - van Boxstael, Sam A2 - Hadzic, Admir PY - 2017 T2 - Hadzic's Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management, 2e 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 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/06 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141739267 ER -