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Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block Techniques

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What we mean by the term “supraclavicular techniques” is those techniques whose entry point is located above the clavicle, be it in the immediate vicinity of the latter (these are mainly perivascular techniques such as the Kulenkampff technique) or closer to the vertebral column (such as Kappis posterior approach or Winnie’s interscalene technique).

If there are many ways of performing the same operation, that means that none of them is really just what the doctor ordered.

Livio Zava, General Surgeon, Treviso, 1967.

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Alemanno, F. (2014). Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block Techniques. In: Alemanno, F., Bosco, M., Barbati, A. (eds) Anesthesia of the Upper Limb. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5418-9_6

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