RT Book, Section
A1 Gill, Jatinder S.
A2 Bajwa, Zahid H.
A2 Wootton, R. Joshua
A2 Warfield, Carol A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1131938127
T1 Peripheral Nerve Blocks
T2 Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine, 3e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071766838
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1131938127
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  peripheral  nervous  system  consists  of  numerous  individual  nerves,  nerve  trunks,  nerve  plexuses,  and  ganglia.  This  chapter  discusses  the  blockade  of  somatic  peripheral  nerves.  The  sympathetic  and  visceral  nerve  blocks  are  discussed  separately.  The  blockade  of  peripheral  somatic  nerves  is  the  hallmark  of  regional  anesthesia.  This  may  be  done  for  the  facilitation  of  surgery  as  a  sole  technique  or  in  combination  with  general  anesthesia.  Peripheral  nerve  blocks  can  be  continued  into  the  postoperative  period  via  infusion  through  catheters  for  the  purpose  of  continued  postoperative  pain  relief.  Excellent  perioperative  analgesia  may  help  reduce  the  possibility  of  development  of  chronic  pain.1,2  Additionally,  some  evidence  indicates  that  regional  anesthesia  may  have  a  role  in  reducing  the  recurrence  of  disease  in  patients  undergoing  oncologic  surgery.3