RT Book, Section
A1 Van Boxstael, Sam
A1 Vandepitte, Catherine
A1 Gautier, Philippe E.
A1 Jalil, Hassanin
A2 Hadzic, Admir
SR Print(0)
ID 1141734464
T1 Ultrasound-Guided Obturator Nerve 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=1141734464
RD 2024/04/19
AB Indications:  Relief  of  painful  adductor  muscle  contractions,  to  prevent  adduction  of  the  thigh  during  transurethral  bladder  surgery,  additional  analgesia  after  major  knee  surgery,  and  may  provide  postoperative  analgesia  after  hamstring  tendon  harvest  for  anterior  cruciate  ligament  (ACL)  reconstruction  (Figure  33D–1).1,2Transducer  position:  medial  aspect  of  the  proximal  thigh.Goal:  Local  anesthetic  spread  in  the  interfascial  plane  in  which  the  nerves  lie  or  around  the  anterior  and  posterior  branches  of  the  obturator  nerve.Local  anesthetic:  5  mL  into  each  interfascial  space  or  around  the  branches  of  the  obturator  nerve.