Illustrated Guide to Peripheral Nerve Block

Pocket compendium of peripheral nerve blocks

Gisela Meier MD. Johannes Büttner MD

The English version was revised by Dag Selander MD, PhD  

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Combined version peripheral nerve block compendium

  

Pages 2-9 (59 KB)
Preface and review of the most important local anaesthetics. General technical and safety aspects. Care of peripheral nerve catheters for p. o. analgesia in the medical ward.

Upper extremities

Page 10-13 (58 KB)
Anatomy of the brachial plexus, sensory supply of the upper extremities and upper extremity motor response to nerve stimulation.

Page 14-23 (113 KB)
Interscalene plexus block (acc. Meier), infraclavicular plexus block (acc. Kilka, Geiger, Mehrkens), suprascapular nerve block (acc. Meier) and axillary plexus block.

Page 24-27 (50 KB)
Blocks in the upper arm region, Multi-stimulation technique (mid-humeral, acc. Dupré), radial nerve.
Blocks in the elbow region, radial nerve.

Page 28-31 (49 KB)
Blocks in the elbow region, radial nerve, musculocutaneous nerve, median nerve and ulnar nerve.

Page 32-35 (41 KB)
Block in the wrist region ("wrist block"). Median nerve, ulnar nerve and radial nerve. Anatomy of the lumbosacral plexus, sensory supply of the lower extremities and sensory supply of the bony structure.

Lower extremities

Page 36-41 (75 KB)
Lumbosacral plexus. Sensory supply of the lower extremities and of the bony structure.

Page 42-47 (63 KB)
Psoas compartment block (acc. Chayen), femoral nerve block in the inguinal region (acc. Winnie, Rosenblatt) and obturator nerve block.

Page 48-55 (80 KB)
Transgluteal sciatic nerve block (acc. Labat), subgluteal sciatic nerve block (acc. Raj) and anterior (ventral) sciatic nerve block (acc. Meier). Proximal lateral sciatic nerve block.

Page 56-63 (76 KB)
Distal lateral sciatic nerve block, distal posterial sciatic nerve block (acc. Meier), saphenous nerve block and common peroneal nerve block.

Page 64-69  (53KB)
Blocks for anaesthesia in the foot (ankle blocks), deep peroneal nerve (acc. Löfström) and posterior tibial nerve.

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