title: Digital nerve blocks: More gain with less pain.
abstract: Digital nerve blocks are commonly used and effective techniques for achieving anaesthesia of the digit for the purposes of enabling a variety of surgical procedures to be performed. Several techniques have been described including the traditional method, the metacarpal block and the transthecal approach. We favour the traditional technique, and describe a variation of the technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, The Alfred, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Catherine E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Scarff
authors.forename: Christopher W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Scarff
mesh_terms: D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000294:innervation*; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods*; D010147:Pain Measurement
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local