Ultrasound Guidance for Deep Peripheral Nerve Blocks: A Brief Review

Nerve stimulation and ultrasound have been introduced to the practice of regional anesthesia mostly in the last two decades. Ultrasound did not gain as much popularity as the nerve stimulation until a decade ago because of the simplicity, accuracy and portability of the nerve stim...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anupama Wadhwa, Sunitha Kanchi Kandadai, Sujittra Tongpresert, Detlef Obal, Ralf Erich Gebhard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Anesthesiology Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/262070