Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia and the prevention of neurologic injury: fact or fiction?

Editorial

James R Hebl. Anesthesiology. 2008 Feb.

. 2008 Feb;108(2):186-8.

doi: 10.1097/01.anes.0000299835.04104.02.

No abstract available

Comment in

Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia: why can't we all just stay away from the nerve?
Swenson JD, Davis JJ. Swenson JD, et al. Anesthesiology. 2008 Oct;109(4):748-9; author reply 753. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181863831. Anesthesiology. 2008. PMID: 18813059 No abstract available.
When is a single-injection nerve block not really a single injection?
Rosenblatt MA. Rosenblatt MA. Anesthesiology. 2008 Oct;109(4):748; author reply 753. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181863821. Anesthesiology. 2008. PMID: 18813060 No abstract available.
Can ultrasound impact the risk-benefit ratio for nerve blocks?
Baumgarten RK. Baumgarten RK. Anesthesiology. 2008 Oct;109(4):749; author reply 753. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181863841. Anesthesiology. 2008. PMID: 18813061 No abstract available.
To be or not to be.
Chelly JE, Bigeleisen P, Montoya M. Chelly JE, et al. Anesthesiology. 2008 Oct;109(4):750; author reply 753. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181863851. Anesthesiology. 2008. PMID: 18813063 No abstract available.

Severe brachial plexopathy after an ultrasound-guided single-injection nerve block for total shoulder arthroplasty in a patient with multiple sclerosis.
Koff MD, Cohen JA, McIntyre JJ, Carr CF, Sites BD. Koff MD, et al. Anesthesiology. 2008 Feb;108(2):325-8. doi: 10.1097/01.anes.0000299833.73804.cd. Anesthesiology. 2008. PMID: 18212578