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October 2013 - Newsletter

The October 2013 NYSORA In this issue: A Letter from your Editor NYSORA's Boutique Workshops From Copenhagen With Love Interview with Dr. Carlos Bollini Invitation to ...

Local Anesthetics: Clinical Pharmacology and Rational Selection

Author: Jeff Gadsden  Local anesthetics (LAs) prevent or relieve pain by interrupt- ing nerve conduction. They bind to specific receptor sites on the ...

Sciatic Nerve Block: Anterior / Transgluteal / Subgluteal Approach

A B Figure 1: (A) Needle insertion to block the sciatic nerve using an anterior approach. Note that a curved (phased array) lower frequency transducer is used ... Full story

TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE (TAP) BLOCK

TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE (TAP) BLOCK BY KARIM MUKHTAR, MD PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WHOLE ARTICLE ... Full story

COMBINED SUPRASCAPULAR AND AXILLARY (CIRCUMFLEX) NERVE BLOCK: THE SHOULDER BLOCK

COMBINED SUPRASCAPULAR AND AXILLARY (CIRCUMFLEX) NERVE BLOCK: THE SHOULDER BLOCK BY DARCY J PRICE MBCHB, FANZCA Author Affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals, ... Full story

The Antibacterial and Antifungal Effects of Bupivacaine Wound Analgesia

The Antibacterial and Antifungal Effects of Bupivacaine Wound Analgesia By Joseph Eldor, MD Kaplan Medical Center Department of Anesthesia, Rehovot, Israel PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE ... Full story

Ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block

Ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block Arthur Atchabahian, MD Department of Anesthesiology, St. Vincent Medical Center, New York, NY PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WHOLE ARTICLE ... Full story

POSTOPERATIVE WOUND ANALGESIA: A RENEWED MODALITY?

POSTOPERATIVE WOUND ANALGESIA: A RENEWED MODALITY? By Joseph Eldor, MD Kaplan Medical Center Department of Anesthesia, Rehovot, Israel PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WHOLE ARTICLE ... Full story

MULTIMODAL PAIN MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN HIP AND KNEE ARTHROPLASTY

MULTIMODAL PAIN MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN HIP AND KNEE ARTHROPLASTY By Kishor Gandhi MD, MPH and Eugene Viscusi MD Department of Anesthesiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA PLEASE ... Full story

TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE (TAP) BLOCK

TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE (TAP) BLOCK By Karim Mukhtar, MB BCh, MSc, FRCA Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals, Liverpool U.K. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WHOLE ... Full story

Sciatic Nerve Block (Anterior Approach using Neurostimulation without Ultrasound Guidance)

Sciatic Nerve Block (Anterior Approach using Neurostimulation without Ultrasound Guidance) By Arthur Atchabahian, MD Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology Director of Regional and Orthopedic Anesthesia St Vincent ... Full story

UNIVERSAL DOCUMENTATION SHEET FOR PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCKS

UNIVERSAL DOCUMENTATION SHEET FOR PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCKS BY KISHOR GANDHI MD MPH, VIJAY PATEL MD, THOMAS MALIAKAL MD, DAQUAN XU MD, KAMIL FLISINSKI BS Author Affiliation: ... Full story

A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF LOWER EXTREMITY PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCKS

A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF LOWER EXTREMITY PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCKS BY BONNIE DESCHNER, MD, CHRISTOPHER ROBARDS, MD, DAQUAN XU, MB, MPH, LAKSHMANASAMY SOMASUNDARAM, MD, ADMIR HADZIC, MD, ... Full story

ULTRASOUND GUIDED SUPRACLAVICULAR BLOCK

ULTRASOUND GUIDED SUPRACLAVICULAR BLOCK By Alan Macfarlane BSc (Hons), MBChB, MRCP, FRCA, Richard Brull MD, FRCPC Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, 399 ... Full story

ULTRASOUND GUIDED ANKLE BLOCK

ULTRASOUND GUIDED ANKLE BLOCK By Alan Macfarlane BSc (Hons), MBChB, MRCP, FRCA, Richard Brull MD, FRCPC Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, 399 ... Full story

LUMBAR PARAVERTEBRAL (PSOAS COMPARTMENT) BLOCK

LUMBAR PARAVERTEBRAL (PSOAS COMPARTMENT) BLOCK BY ANDRÉ P BOEZAART MD, PHD Author Affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW ... Full story

CONTINUOUS SCIATIC NERVE BLOCK

CONTINUOUS SCIATIC NERVE BLOCK BY ANDRÉ P BOEZAART MD, PHD Author Affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE ... Full story

CONTINUOUS FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK

CONTINUOUS FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK BY ANDRÉ P BOEZAART MD, PHD Author Affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE ... Full story

CONTINUOUS INTERSCALENE NERVE BLOCK(ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR APPROACHES)

CONTINUOUS INTERSCALENE NERVE BLOCK(ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR APPROACHES) BY ANDRÉ P BOEZAART MD, PHD Author Affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA PLEASE CLICK HERE ... Full story

LOWER EXTREMITY NERVE BLOCKS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS

LOWER EXTREMITY NERVE BLOCKS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS BY DALENS B PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WHOLE ARTICLE ... Full story

PARASACRAL NERVE BLOCK

PARASACRAL NERVE BLOCK BY ELIZABETH GAERTNER,MD PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WHOLE ARTICLE   ... Full story

SUPRACLAVICULAR REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA REANALYSED: THE CORNISH TECHNIQUE

SUPRACLAVICULAR REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA REANALYSED: THE CORNISH TECHNIQUE BY CORHISH PB Author Affiliation: Nelson, New Zealand PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WHOLE ARTICLE   ... Full story

Spinal Anesthesia

Introduction with General Considerations & Brief History Carl Koller, an ophthalmologist from Vienna, first described the use of topical cocaine for analgesia of the eye in ... Full story

Spinal Anesthesia in Children

Introduction Spinal anesthesia is perhaps one of the oldest and well tested modalities for providing pain relief in patients undergoing surgery. J. Leonard Corning is credited ... Full story

Oral and Maxillofacial Regional Anesthesia

Authors: Benaifer D. Dubash, DMD; Adam T. Hershkin, DMD; Paul J. Seider, DMD; Gregory M. Casey, DMD Affiliation: St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Department of Oral and ... Full story

Combined Suprascapular and Axillary (Circumflex) Nerve Block: The Shoulder Block

Introduction Traditionally, the interscalene approach to the brachial plexus has been employed to manage postoperative pain following shoulder surgery. Because this technique involves local anaesthetic deposition ... Full story

Ultrasound-Guided Popliteal Sciatic Block

Figure 1: Cross-sectional anatomy of the sciatic nerve in the popliteal fossa. Shown are common peroneal nerve (CPN), tibial nerve (TN), popliteal artery (PA), popliteal ... Full story

Maxillary Nerve

Ultrasound transducer position to image the maxillary nerve ... Full story

Axillary Nerve

   Axillary Nerve Ultrasound transducer position to image the axillary nerve Ultrasound image of the axillary nerve Ultrasound image of the labeled axillary nerve Cross sectional anatomy of the axillary ... Full story

Subclavian Artery

   Subclavian Artery Ultrasound transducer position to image the subclavian artery Ultrasound image of the subclavian artery and supraclavicular brachial plexus Ultrasound image of the labeled subclavian artery supraclavicular ... Full story

Greater Occipital Nerve

   Greater Occipital Nerve Ultrasound transducer position to image the greater occipital nerve in transverse view Ultrasound image of greater occipital nerve in transverse view Ultrasound image of labeled ... Full story

Accessory Phrenic Nerve

   Accessory Phrenic Nerve Ultrasound image of the accessory phrenic nerve Ultrasound image of the labeled accessory phrenic nerve Cross sectional anatomy of the accessory phrenic nerve Key: Acc.PhN - ... Full story

Stellate Ganglion

   Stellate Ganglion Ultrasound transducer position to image the stellate ganglion Ultrasound image of the stellate ganglion Ultrasound image of the labeled stellate ganglion Cross sectional anatomy of the stellate ... Full story

Elbow Biceps Tendon Median Nerve

   Elbow Biceps Tendon Median Nerve Ultrasound transducer position to image the biceps tendon, median, and lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve at the elbow Ultrasound image of the biceps ... Full story

Long Thoracic Nerve

   Long Thoracic Nerve Ultrasound transducer position to image the long thoracic view Ultrasound image of long thoracic nerve Ultrasound image of labeled long thoracic nerve Cross sectional anatomy of ... Full story

Intercostal Space

   Intercostal Space Ultrasound transducer position to image the the intercostal space Ultrasound image of the intercostal space Ultrasound image of the labeled intercostal space Cross sectional anatomy of labeled ... Full story

Infraclavicular Brachial Plexus

   Infraclavicular Brachial Plexus Ultrasound transducer position to image the infraclavicular brachial plexus transverse view Ultrasound image of the lateral and posterior cords of the brachial plexus transverse ... Full story

Mandibular Nerve

   Mandibular Nerve Ultrasound transducer position to image the long thoracic view Ultrasound image of long thoracic nerve Ultrasound image of labeled long thoracic nerve Cross sectional anatomy of labeled ... Full story

Suprascapular Nerve

   Suprascapular Nerve Ultrasound transducer position to image the suprascapular artery and nerve Ultrasound image of suprascapular artery and nerve Ultrasound image of labeled suprascapular artery and nerve Ultrasound image ... Full story

Cervical Plexus

   Cervical Plexus Ultrasound transducer position to image the ansa cervicalis and phrenic nerve transverse view Ultrasound image of the ansa cervicalis and phrenic nerve transverse view Ultrasound image ... Full story

Interscalane Brachial Plexus

   Interscalane Brachial Plexus Ultrasound transducer position to image the the interscalene brachial plexus transverse view Ultrasound image of the interscalene brachial plexus transverse view Ultrasound image of the ... Full story

Ulnar Nerve Above Elbow

   Ulnar Nerve Above Elbow Ultrasound transducer position to image the ulnar nerve above the elbow Ultrasound image of the ulnar nerve above the elbow Ultrasound image of the ... Full story

Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus

   Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Ultrasound transducer position to image the supraclavicular brachial plexus Ultrasound image of the supraclavicular brachial plexus Ultrasound image of the labeled supraclavicular brachial plexus Cross sectional ... Full story

Vertebral Artery

   Vertebral Artery Ultrasound transducer position to image the vertebral artery in the longitudinal view Ultrasound image of the vertebral artery longitudinal view Ultrasound image of the vertebral artery ... Full story

Vagus Nerve

   Vagus Nerve Ultrasound transducer position to image the vagus nerve Ultrasound image of the vagus nerve Ultrasound image of the labeled vagus nerve Cross sectional anatomy of the vagus ... Full story

Surface Anatomy Figure

   Surface Anatomy Figure Surface Landmarks: Upper body anterior view of face, neck, and upper chest Surface Landmarks: Upper body profile view of face, neck, and upper chest Surface ... Full story

Axillary Brachial Plexus

   Axillary Brachial Plexus   Ultrasound transducer position to image the axilla: median, ulnar, radial, and musculocutaneous nerves Ultrasound image of the axilla: median, ulnar, radial, and musculocutaneous nerves Ultrasound ... Full story

Median Nerve Elbow

   Median Nerve Elbow Ultrasound transducer position to image the medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve above the elbow Ultrasound image of the medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve above the elbow Ultrasound ... Full story

Musculocutaneous Nerve

   Musculocutaneous Nerve Ultrasound transducer position to image the axilla: musculocutaneous nerve Ultrasound image of the axilla: musculocutaneous nerve Ultrasound image of the labeled axilla: musculocutaneous nerve Key: AA - ... Full story

Radial Nerve at the Humerus

   Radial Nerve at the Humerus Ultrasound transducer position to image the mid humerus- posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve and radial nerve Ultrasound image of the mid humerus- Posterior ... Full story

Phrenic Nerve

   Phrenic Nerve Ultrasound transducer position to image the the phrenic nerve at the neck Ultrasound image of the phrenic nerve Ultrasound image of the labeled phrenic nerve Cross sectional ... Full story