Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Local Anesthetics: Clinical Application as Intravenous Regional Anesthesia01:16

Local Anesthetics: Clinical Application as Intravenous Regional Anesthesia

Intravenous regional anesthesia or the Bier block technique is used to anesthetize a specific limb or extremity. It uses exsanguinated or blood-drained vessels to transport local anesthetics or LAs to the peripheral nerve trunks. Lidocaine without vasoconstrictors like epinephrine is most commonly used for this technique. Other drugs used are prilocaine, ropivacaine, and chloroprocaine. Bupivacaine is not recommended for this technique due to its high cardiac toxicity.
One of the advantages of...
General Anesthesia: Overview01:24

General Anesthesia: Overview

Anesthesia is a medical procedure that uses drugs for CNS suppression to enable painless surgeries and procedures. The selection of anesthetics is influenced by their pharmacokinetic properties, side effects, and patient characteristics. Various types of anesthesia include general, local, regional, spinal, and inhalational.
General anesthesia induces unconsciousness in the whole body, while the others target specific areas or sensations. It is administered to minimize adverse effects, maintain...

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Individualized anticoagulation monitoring in critically ill patients: study protocol for a prospective observational comparison of Anti-Xa, viscoelastic testing, and thrombin generation.

Frontiers in medicine·2026
Same author

Comparing Hemostatic Efficacy of Four-factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate with Andexanet Alfa in an Apixaban-treated Polytrauma Male Porcine Model.

Anesthesiology·2026
Same author

Viscoelastic point-of-care testing for monitoring unfractionated heparin in critically ill patients: a prospective observational study comparing ClotPro® IN/HI-Test, aPTT and Anti-Xa activity.

BMC anesthesiology·2026
Same author

Perioperative on-demand reversal with andexanet alfa: monitoring reversal and timing of re-anticoagulation.

British journal of anaesthesia·2025
Same author

Diagnostics and management of direct oral anticoagulants-induced bleeding.

Current opinion in anaesthesiology·2025
Same author

Hemostasis and Gingival Healing-Polyurethane Adhesive Postextraction Under Rivaroxaban Therapy in a Rodent Model.

International journal of dentistry·2025

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jun 17, 2026

Simulator Training for Endovascular Neurosurgery
08:08

Simulator Training for Endovascular Neurosurgery

Published on: May 6, 2020

An intersubject variable regional anesthesia simulator with a virtual patient architecture.

Sebastian Ullrich1, Oliver Grottke, Eduard Fried

  • 1Virtual Reality Group, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. s.ullrich@ieee.org

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
|December 25, 2009
PubMed
Summary

This study introduces a virtual reality (VR) training system for regional anesthesia (RA), enabling realistic simulations using subject-specific data. The developed VR environment and virtual patient architecture facilitate effective peripheral nerve block training.

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jun 17, 2026

Simulator Training for Endovascular Neurosurgery
08:08

Simulator Training for Endovascular Neurosurgery

Published on: May 6, 2020

Area of Science:

  • Medical Simulation
  • Virtual Reality in Medicine
  • Anesthesiology Training

Background:

  • Regional anesthesia (RA) requires precise anatomical knowledge and procedural skill.
  • Current training methods may lack immersive and interactive elements for complex procedures.
  • Developing advanced simulation tools is crucial for improving RA education.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an intuitive virtual reality (VR)-based training environment for regional anesthesia (RA).
  • To establish methods for processing subject-specific datasets and organizing them for meaningful simulation.
  • To enable realistic simulation of peripheral nerve blocks within the VR environment.

Main Methods:

  • Proposed a flexible virtual patient architecture for processing subject-specific datasets.
  • Detailed image acquisition, segmentation, and interactive nerve modeling techniques.
  • Implemented electric impulse stimulation simulation based on electric distance for peripheral RA training.

Main Results:

  • Created an XML-based virtual patient database with multiple subjects.
  • Developed and tested simulation prototypes on multimodal VR hardware, including haptic devices.
  • A pilot user study validated the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

Conclusions:

  • The virtual patient architecture supports diverse scenarios across different subjects.
  • The developed VR system can be adapted for other medical simulators.
  • Future work includes simulation enhancement and further evaluations for routine RA training.