Ultrasound-guided axillary brachial plexus block versus distal peripheral forearm nerve block for hand and wrist surgery: a randomised controlled trial

Kristof Nijs; Maxime Van Rossum; Jean-Paul Ory; Maud Pierson; Gerrit De Wachter; Ina Callebaut; Hassanin Jalil; Jeroen Vandenbrande; Vincent Vandebergh; Marc Van de Velde; Björn Stessel

doi:10.1016/j.bja.2023.03.020

Ultrasound-guided axillary brachial plexus block versus distal peripheral forearm nerve block for hand and wrist surgery: a randomised controlled trial

Br J Anaesth. 2023 Jul;131(1):e20-e22. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.03.020. Epub 2023 Apr 18.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium; Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Universiteit Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium; Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
² Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium; Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
³ Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium; Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Universiteit Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
⁶ Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁷ Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium; Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Universiteit Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium. Electronic address: bjorn.stessel@jessazh.be.

PMID: 37080867
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.03.020

No abstract available

Keywords: axillary brachial plexus block; carpal tunnel release; distal peripheral forearm block; hand surgery; operating theatre efficiency; ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia.

Publication types

Randomized Controlled Trial
Letter

MeSH terms

Anesthetics, Local
Brachial Plexus Block*
Forearm / surgery
Hand / surgery
Humans
Ultrasonography, Interventional
Wrist / surgery

Substances

Anesthetics, Local