RT Book, Section
A1 Casati, Andrea
A1 Putzu, Marta
A2 Hadzic, Admir
SR Print(0)
ID 3503439
T1 Chapter 46. Multistimulation Techniques for Peripheral Nerve Blocks
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=3503439
RD 2024/04/25
AB Contrary  to  common,  oversimplified  representations  by  medical  illustrators,  the  arrangement  of  peripheral  nerves  and  plexuses  is  quite  complex.  Various  tissue  compartments  contain  connective  tissue  and  fat;  terminal  branches  of  plexuses  and  nerves  divide  and  separate  frequently,  and  the  different  branches  may  run  at  some  distance  from  one  another.  Accordingly,  once  injected  at  a  particular  site,  the  local  anesthetic  molecules  have  to  diffuse  through  several  barriers  before  reaching  the  nerves,  the  first  barrier  being  the  distance  between  the  injection  site  and  each  branch.