Regional Anesthesia

Regional anesthesia is an anesthetic technique that produces analgesia in a defined anatomical region by blocking nociceptive signal transmission through local administration of anesthetic agents to specific peripheral nerves or nerve plexuses.

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Regional Anaesthesia

Parents

Veterinary Anesthesiology

Children

Abdominal Wall BlocksAnalgesiaCaudal AnesthesiaComplications Of Regional AnesthesiaDigital Nerve BlocksEpidural AnesthesiaHead BlocksLandmark-guided Regional AnesthesiaLocal Anesthetic PharmacokineticsLocal Anesthetic Toxicity

Publications

9.1K

Reversible middle cerebral artery occlusion without craniectomy in rats.

Enrique Zea Longa, Philip R. Weinstein, Shaun W. Carlson et al. · Stroke · 1989 · 7.5K citations · Full text

Medicine, Neuroscience, Surgery +17

Management of Postoperative Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American Pain Society, the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, and the American Society of Anesthesiologists' Committee on Regional Anesthesia, Executive Committee, and Administrative Council

Roger Chou, Debra B. Gordon, Oscar A. de León-Casasola et al. · Journal of Pain · 2016 · 3.1K citations

Medicine, Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine +15

Chronic catheterization of the spinal subarachnoid space

Tony L. Yaksh, Thomas A. Rudy · Physiology & Behavior · 1976 · 2.2K citations

Medicine, Neurological Surgery, Neurosurgery +12

A new model of bilateral hemispheric ischemia in the unanesthetized rat.

W. A. Pulsinelli, J. B. Brierley · Stroke · 1979 · 1.9K citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Neuroscience, Neurosurgery +12

Regional Anesthesia in the Patient Receiving Antithrombotic or Thrombolytic Therapy

Terese T. Horlocker, Denise J. Wedel, John C. Rowlingson et al. · Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine · 2009 · 1.5K citations

Medicine, Anesthesiology, Neurosurgery +17

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Authors

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Terese T. Horlocker
Mayo Clinic, United States
47 publications · 6.3K citations
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Daniel I. Sessler
Cleveland Clinic, United States
41 publications · 4.6K citations
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Vincent Chan
Toronto Western Hospital, Canada
54 publications · 4.4K citations
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Admir Hadžić
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, United States
36 publications · 3.7K citations
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Henrik Kehlet
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
43 publications · 2.6K citations
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Institutions

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Anesthesia & Analgesia
944 publications · 58.3K citations
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Anesthesiology
516 publications · 43.5K citations
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Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
RAPM · 616 publications · 35.6K citations
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British Journal of Anaesthesia
324 publications · 17.8K citations
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Anaesthesia
361 publications · 19.8K citations
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See also Regional Anesthesia
Core Methods	Spinal Anesthesia Epidural Anesthesia Neuraxial Anesthesia Ultrasound-guided Regional Anesthesia Psoas Compartment Block Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Digital Nerve Blocks Combined Epidural Anesthesia Anatomical Landmark Technique
Anatomic Targets	Peripheral Nerve Injury Subarachnoid Space Brachial Plexus Entrapment Epidural Space Identification Median Nerve Injury Ulnar Nerve Stimulation Radial Nerve Anatomy Femoral Nerve Stimulation
Clinical Applications	Hip Arthroplasty Abdominal Surgery Postpartum Neuraxial Analgesia Lower Extremity Reconstruction Acute Postoperative Pain Control
Guidance Techniques	Ultrasound Guidance Functional Electrical Stimulation Doppler Ultrasound
Complications	Epidural Hematoma Local Anesthetic Toxicity Vascular Puncture Block Failure Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections Skin Infections