Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 12, Issue 3 , Pages 146-152, July 2008

Anatomy–ultrasound correlation for selected peripheral nerve blocks

  • Xavier Sala-Blanch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Anestesiologia. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Xavier Sala-Blanch, MD, Anesthesia Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, C/ Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
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  • Anna Carrera, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Anatomía y Embriología Humana, Facultat de Medicina, Unversitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
    • ,
  • Paola Hurtado, MD

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Anestesiologia. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

The practice of ultrasound guide blocks requires the development of new abilities, including the ability to recognize nerves and other structures from an ultrasound image. This ability depends on knowledge of cross-section anatomy, which is very different from the customary longitudinal anatomy. In this work, we present a correlation of anatomical and ultrasound cross-sections for select nerve blocks.

Keywords: Peripheral nerve block, Ultrasound images, Anatomical images, Probe

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 This work was financed with intradepartmental funds from the University of Barcelona.

PII: S1084-208X(08)00019-0

doi:10.1053/j.trap.2008.03.003

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 12, Issue 3 , Pages 146-152, July 2008

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