The practical use of axillary brachial plexus block for hand surgery.
A retrospective study of 178 patients undergoing axillary brachial plexus block (ABPB) for hand surgery used information gathered by a computer-aided anaesthetic record keeping system. The practical use of local techniques to augment the block meant that only two of the 178 patients required a general anaesthetic, giving a success rate of 98.8%. There were no significant complications.
Birmingham General Hospital, UK.
D J
DJ
Dunlop
C M
CM
Graham
J M
JM
Watt
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D001365:Axilla; D001917:Brachial Plexus; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009407:Nerve Block; D011318:Prilocaine; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D011318:Prilocaine