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Digital Nerve Blocks

Digital Nerve Block is a regional anesthesia technique that involves the targeted injection of local anesthetic adjacent to the digital nerves of the fingers or toes to achieve surgical anesthesia or postoperative analgesia in a specific dermatome.

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369

Authors

181

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2017–2026

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Variants

Digital Nerve BlockPeripheral Nerve BlockPeripheral Nerve BlocksUltrasound-guided Nerve BlockUltrasound-guided Nerve Blocks

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Children

Publications

130

Clinical Nerve Reconstruction with a Bioabsorbable Polyglycolic Acid Tube

Susan E. Mackinnon, A. Lee Dellon · Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery · 1990 · 530 citations

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Nerve conduction block utilising high-frequency alternating current

Kevin L. Kilgore, Niloy Bhadra · Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing · 2004 · 290 citations

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Independent control of human finger‐tip forces at individual digits during precision lifting.

Benoni B. Edin, G. Westling, Roland S. Johansson · The Journal of Physiology · 1992 · 237 citations · Full text

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Do Not Use Epinephrine in Digital Blocks: Myth or Truth?

Bradon J. Wilhelmi, Steven J. Blackwell, John H. Miller et al. · Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery · 2001 · 164 citations

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Injection versus surgery in the treatment of trigger finger

Leon S. Benson, Amy Jo Ptaszek · The Journal Of Hand Surgery · 1997 · 144 citations

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Authors

369

  1. DH
    Donald H. Lalonde

    Saint John Regional Hospital, Canada

    4 publications · 204 citations

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  2. CK
    C. K. Low

    Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

    3 publications · 81 citations

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  3. JJ
    John J. Bonica

    University of Washington, United States

    2 publications · 58 citations

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  4. WR
    William R. Ferrell

    University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 44 citations

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  5. SR
    Stavroula Rodopoulou

    General Hospital of Athens G. Genimatas, Greece

    2 publications · 71 citations

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Institutions

181

  1. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    237 citations

  2. Saint John Regional Hospital

    Saint John, Canada

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    460 citations

  3. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    292 citations

  4. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    131 citations

  5. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    435 citations

  6. Dalhousie University

    Halifax, Canada

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    438 citations

  7. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    210 citations

  8. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    136 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal Of Hand Surgery

    JHS · 11 publications · 607 citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 8 publications · 189 citations

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  3. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

    7 publications · 947 citations

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  4. Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)

    5 publications · 150 citations

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  5. Annals of Emergency Medicine

    5 publications · 212 citations

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