RT Book, Section
A1 Rathmell, James P.
A1 Pollack, Geoffrey J.
A2 Hadzic, Admir
SR Print(0)
ID 3500458
T1 Chapter 18. Nerve Blocks for the Head & Neck
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=3500458
RD 2024/04/20
AB Regional  anesthetic  techniques  have  a  well  established  role  in  head  and  neck  surgery.  Successful  anesthesia  and  analgesia  for  a  number  of  procedures  can  be  accomplished  with  the  proper  application  of  these  techniques.  For  example,  regional  blocks  can  be  utilized  during  procedures  such  as  endoscopic  sinus  surgery,  facial  plastic  surgery,  thyroidectomy,  and  parathyroidectomy  surgery.  Various  ear  nose  and  throat  procedures  are  increasingly  being  performed  in  an  office-based  setting.  These  are  often  done  using  topical  anesthesia  of  the  airway  or  regional  blockade.  Because  of  the  close  proximity  of  many  nerve  and  vascular  structures  in  this  region,  practitioners  should  be  familiar  with  possible  complications  of  these  techniques  and  means  to  prevent  and  treat  them.  This  chapter  will  review  the  anatomy  relevant  to  regional  blocks  of  the  head  and  neck  and  will  highlight  examples  for  use  of  each  technique  in  current  practice.  Additional  discussion  on  numerous  regional  anesthesia  techniques  and  their  application  can  be  also  found  in  Chapter  19  (Airway  Blocks)  and  in  Chapters  20  (Oral  and  Maxillofacial  Regional  Anesthesia)  and  55  (Regional  and  Local  Anesthesia  in  Pediatric  General  Dentistry).  To  avoid  redundancy,  this  chapter  will  deal  only  with  the  anatomic  and  block  techniques  not  covered  in  the  aforementioned  chapters.