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Published on: July 12, 2010
Locoregional Anesthesia of the Thoracic Limbs and Thorax in Small Animals
Diego A Portela1, Marta Romano1, Pablo E Otero2
1Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Department of Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 2015 Southwest 16th Avenue, PO Box 100123, Gainesville, FL 32610-0136, USA.
Abstract:
The incorporation of nerve stimulation and ultrasound guidance to veterinary regional anesthesia allows accurate performance of techniques to block the thoracic limb and the thorax. When performed correctly, regional anesthesia can either constitute an alternative to the use of opioids and other systemic analgesics, or have a significant opioid-sparing effect. This article provides an overview of some techniques described using objective methods of nerve location, which can be used to provide perioperative locoregional anesthesia and analgesia to the thoracic limb and thorax. The approaches described may be used to decrease the perioperative use of opioids in small animals.
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