Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 183-188, October 2006

Ankle block

  • Daniel P. Monkowski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Regional Anesthesia, Postgraduate Course in Anesthesia, Buenos Aires University, UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Daniel P. Monkowski, MD, O’Higgins 3715 3° A, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1429.
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  • Héctor Roberto Egidi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Buenos Aires Regional Anesthesia Group (GARBA)

Ankle block is a very useful regional anesthetic technique for foot surgery especially in the ambulatory setting. Adequate tourniquet management allows performance of most surgeries over the fore- and midfoot. Additionally, ankle block provides excellent postoperative analgesia, which is very important, because foot surgeries often involve several osteotomies which develop moderate to severe postoperative pain that is difficult to manage with standard oral analgesic regimens.

Keywords: Ankle block, Midtarsal, Foot surgery, Tourniquet management, Postoperative analgesia

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PII: S1084-208X(06)00073-5

doi:10.1053/j.trap.2006.10.008

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 183-188, October 2006

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