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The Practical Use of Axillary Brachial Plexus Block for Hand SurgeryFrom Birmingham General Hospital Birmingham, UK Correspondence: Mr D. J. Dunlop, 17 Luton Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 7BN, UK. A retrospective study of 178 patients undergoing axillary brachial plexus block (ABPB) for hand surgery used information gathered by a computer-aided anaesthetic record keeping system. The practical use of local techniques to augment the block meant that only two of the 178 patients required a general anaesthetic, giving a success rate of' 98.8%. There were no significant complications.
Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 20, No. 5,
677-678 (1995) |
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