[Sopraclavicular techniques for brachial plexus block].
BACKGROUND
Aim of the present study is to review the four different methods of brachial plexus block, with supraclavicular approach, which have reached the higher approval or given less side effects.


METHODS
The Author reviewed the following techniques: Kulenkampff's (1911), Winnie's (1970), Brown's (1988) and Alemanno's (1992).


CONCLUSIONS
The four methods that were presented in the last century differ not for the results, which are more or less the same, but for the possible side effects, which result to be less with the latest techniques.
Alemanno
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Istituto di Anestesiologia, Università di Verona, Italy.
D001917:Brachial Plexus; D002968:Clavicle; D006801:Humans; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods*
Tecnichi sopraclaveari di blocco del plesso brachiale.