Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 140-141, April 2007

Peripheral nerve catheter techniques

William Harrop-Griffiths, FRCA, is Consultant Anaesthetist at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London. His interests include regional and vascular anaesthesia

Abstract 

Peripheral nerve catheter techniques are increasingly used to provide excellent and prolonged postoperative analgesia. Their insertion requires experience and skill, and their postoperative management requires good cooperation with ward nursing staff. Disposable, elastomeric pumps look set to replace electronic pumps for the delivery of local anaesthetic in this application.

Keywords: catheters, continuous regional analgesia, nerve stimulation

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PII: S1472-0299(07)00031-8

doi:10.1016/j.mpaic.2007.01.014

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 140-141, April 2007

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