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- More than 140 full color images, including anatomic drawings
- Detailed analysis of brachial plexus block techniques
- Up-to-date information on ultrasound techniques
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Loco-regional anesthesia offers evident advantages in almost all branches of surgery since it couples perfect anesthesia with prolonged postoperative analgesia. Furthermore, new drugs and techniques are ensuring constant progress, and in the past decade the advent of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia has played a key role by allowing direct visualization of all anatomic structures involved in regional blocks. In conjunction with electrostimulation, it has significantly increased the success rate of loco-regional anesthesia.
This book, comprising 16 chapters and more than 140 color illustrations, provides detailed coverage of the techniques currently employed in upper limb anesthesia. It opens by reviewing the anatomy of the brachial plexus and the topographic anatomy as it is of the utmost importance for anesthesiologists to have a deep knowledge of anatomy despite the assistance offered by new tools. Subsequently the various techniques, including supraclavicular, infraclavicular, and axillary brachial plexus blocks, peripheral blocks, and intravenous regional anesthesia, are discussed in depth, with due attention to potential complications. Up-to-date information is also provided on the role of ultrasound, and an entire chapter is devoted to ultrasound-guided interscalene and supraclavicular blocks. The book will be an invaluable learning tool for students and an excellent aid in daily clinical practice for anesthesiologists.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Anesthesia of the Upper Limb
Book Subtitle: A State of the Art Guide
Editors: Fernando Alemanno, Mario Bosco, Aldo Barbati
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5418-9
Publisher: Springer Milano
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Italia 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-88-470-5417-2Published: 26 November 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-88-470-5871-2Published: 02 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-88-470-5418-9Published: 08 November 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 291
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 138 illustrations in colour
Topics: Anesthesiology