ULTRASOUND GUIDED NERVE BLOCK FOR UPPER LIMB SURGERY – OUR EXPERIENCE

Chirra Likhitha Reddy¹, Ravi Kumar Chittoria^2, , Abhinav Aggarwal³, "Saurabh Gupta ^, and Shijina K Imran Pathan ⁴

¹Department of Plastic Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India-605006.

²Department of Plastic Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India-605007.

³Department of Plastic Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India-605008.

⁴Department of Plastic Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India-605010.

Cite this paper:
Chirra Likhitha Reddy, Ravi Kumar Chittoria, Abhinav Aggarwal, "Saurabh Gupta and Shijina K Imran Pathan . ULTRASOUND GUIDED NERVE BLOCK FOR UPPER LIMB SURGERY – OUR EXPERIENCE. International Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. 2020; 8(2):37-42. doi: 10.12691/ijcdr-8-2-1

Abstract

There is a recent increase in upper limb surgeries due to increase in industrial trauma. Most of these patients may be operated under nerve blocks. Conventional nerve blocks require skill and expertise and the proximity of the instillation of the local anesthetic drug to the nerve cannot be definitively ascertained. This may lead to inadequate anesthesia. The use of ultrasound for performing regional blocks is rapidly gaining popularity. We like to share our experience with ultrasound-guided nerve blocks for upper limb surgery in a tertiary care centre.

Keywords:
Nerve block ultrasound guided hand surgery supraclavicular block

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