Real-time three-dimensional ultrasound for continuous interscalene brachial plexus blockade

Abstract Two-dimensional ultrasound guidance is used commonly for regional anesthetic techniques. This report describes the novel use of three-dimensional, ultrasound-guided, continuous interscalene regional analgesia, which was used in a 36-year-old woman undergoing left total elbow arthroplasty. Possible advantages of this novel technology over current two-dimensional methods include a larger area of available scan information that enables multiple planes of view without having to reposition the ultrasound probe, and three-dimensional visualization of local anesthetic deposition perineurally. Current technological limitations include an upper frequency of 7 MHz, which decreases the resolution of superficial scanning..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2009

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2009

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

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Journal of anesthesia - 23(2009), 3 vom: Aug., Seite 466-468

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Clendenen, Steven R. [VerfasserIn]
Riutort, Kevin T. [VerfasserIn]
Feinglass, Neil G. [VerfasserIn]
Greengrass, Roy A. [VerfasserIn]
Brull, Sorin J. [VerfasserIn]

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© Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists 2009

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10.1007/s00540-009-0775-y

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OLC2036247318