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Transthecal digital block: digital anaesthesia through the sheath of the flexor tendon
J Castellanos1, C Ramírez, L De Sena
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain.
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume
|September 16, 2000
Abstract:
We studied the effectiveness of a local injection of 1 ml of 2% mepivacaine into the sheath of the flexor tendon in 64 fingers and found it to be a safe procedure giving satisfactory anaesthesia.