INDEX

• Patient Information
• Blocks by Specialty or Region
• Local Anaesthetics and Regional Anaesthesia List
• Other Information

• Axillary Brachial Plexus Block, in "Update in Anaesthesia" is a good description of this useful technique.
• Cervical Plexus Block
  Mark Gold has contributed an excellent description of Cervical Plexus block to the Global Textbook of Anesthesia.
  
• Combined Spinal Epidural Anesthesia
  Dr. Eldor's Web site has a great deal of information.
• Hernia Repair
  Local Anaesthesia for Inguinal and Femoral Hernia Repair is a good article from Update in Anaesthesia.
• Obstetrics
  This has its own VAT chapter.
  Low Spinal Anaesthesia for Caesarean Section describes 100 cases using this technique.
  I have written a "Guide to Spinal Anaesthesia for Caesarean Section", and adapted an article by Dr Muir on "Epidural Misadventures". Other resources include the SOAP Guidelines. There is also a discussion about setting up an obstetrical epidural service in Italy.
• Ophthalmic Surgery
  Anaesthesia for Opthalmic Surgery Part 1: Regional Techniques in Update in Anaesthesia is an excellent introduction, with clear illustrations.
  
• Orthopaedic Surgery
  An excellent site by the Orthopaedic Anaesthesiologists at the Cleveland Clinic, which includes descriptions of many common blocks:
  • Ankle Block
  • Axillary Block(includes supplemental blocks).
  • Epidural Block
  • Femoral Nerve Block
  • Infraclavicular Block
  • Interscalene Block
  • Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block
  • Popliteal Nerve block
  • Sciatic Nerve Block
  • Spinal Block(still under construction).
  • Supraclavicular Block
• Paediatric Surgery
  A site about Pain of Circumcision and Pain Control includes some full text references to paediatric pain issues and a warning about the use of EMLA for circumcision.

• An overview of regional anaesthesia from the CAS annual meeting.
• Nerve Conduction and Local Anaesthetic Drugs is a related chapter in the Virtual Anaesthesia Textbook.
• The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Department of Anesthesiology site includes sections on patient selection and informed consent, equipment, sedation, contra-indications and complications of regional anaesthesia.
• An Overview of Nerve blocks for Pain: TALARIA - Nerve Blocks.
• The VAT Chapter on Postoperative Pain.
• A discussion of the use of Nerve Blocks for Spasticity.
• A site about Simulating Regional Block, including an MPEG movie: Virtual Simulation of Regional Anesthesia.
• Management of an epidural "Dural Tap".
• Allan Palmer in Brisbane is developing an extensive resource including video of a femoral nerve block. The site is in preparation, but check it out.
• The following sites contain brief descriptions of blocks, advice for residents, "recipes" or other incomplete information:
  • Local Analgesia from the University of Queensland.
  • Regional Analgesia and Anaesthesia for Obstetrics on the Swiss Anaesthesia Server.
  • Regional Anesthesia from the University of Wisconsin.

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