Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 28, 2026

Transaxillary First Rib Resection for Treatment of the Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Published on: September 13, 2020
[Sopraclavicular techniques for brachial plexus block]
1Istituto di Anestesiologia, Università di Verona, Italy.
Background:
Aim of the present study is to review the four different methods of brachial plexus block, with supraclavicular approach, which have reached the higher approval or given less side effects.
Methods:
The Author reviewed the following techniques: Kulenkampff's (1911), Winnie's (1970), Brown's (1988) and Alemanno's (1992).
Conclusions:
The four methods that were presented in the last century differ not for the results, which are more or less the same, but for the possible side effects, which result to be less with the latest techniques.
Related Concept Videos
Sites for measuring blood pressure
The Brachial Artery: Primary Site for Blood Pressure Measurement
Local Anesthetics: Clinical Application as Intravenous Regional Anesthesia
One of the advantages of...
Muscles of the Shoulder
Anterior Thoracic Muscles
The anterior thoracic muscles include the serratus anterior, subclavius, and...
Arteries of the Upper Limbs
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation II: ACLS Airway Management

