A Comparison of Infraclavicular Nerve Block versus General Anesthesia for Hand and Wrist Day-case Surgeries

Abstract

Infraclavicular brachial plexus block with a short-acting local anesthetic was associated with time-efficient anesthesia, faster recovery, fewer adverse events, better analgesia, and greater patient acceptance than GA followed by wound infiltration with a local anesthetic in outpatients undergoing hand and wrist surgery.