Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 132-136, April 2007

Lower limb nerve blocks

Barry Nicholls, FRCA, is Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management at Musgrove Hospital, Taunton, UK. He qualified from Liverpool University and trained at Newcastle, UK, and Seattle, USA. His interests include intrathecal drug delivery systems, regional anaesthesia training and, more recently, the use of ultrasound in anaesthesia, including peripheral nerve blockade

Abstract 

Lower limb blocks are increasingly used for analgesia for lower limb arthroplasties, either as single-shot or continuous technique. They allow excellent analgesia, encouraging early mobilization, and may reduce hospital stay. Fascia iliacus block for preoperative analgesia for neck of femur, and parasacral sciatic blocks for postamputation pain are two of the newer blocks described in this article. With the increased use of pure regional techniques for foot surgery with either popliteal or ankle blocks, it is an interesting time for lower limb regional anaesthesia.

Keywords: femoral, lower limb, regional anaesthesia, sciatic

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PII: S1472-0299(07)00028-8

doi:10.1016/j.mpaic.2007.01.011

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 132-136, April 2007

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