More and more patients are sent home with continuous nerve blocks in place. These are MUCH safer than the potent opioids and also work MUCH better, but there are certain rules...
mario@catchatiger.co.zaJuly 21, 2020
Almost always a "rescue" block when all the branches are not blocked higher up.
mario@catchatiger.co.zaJuly 21, 2020
Not too commonly done anymore, as there are better blocks to do for more distal upper lims surgeries, but there are specific situations where this is the block to do.
mario@catchatiger.co.zaJuly 21, 2020
This is the same as spinal, except that a catheter for long-term use is placed outside the membranes that house the spinal cord.
mario@catchatiger.co.zaJuly 21, 2020
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