BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCK TECHNIQUES

Course overview

BLOCKADE OF THE BRACHIAL PLEXUS IS AN EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR PROVIDING ANESTHESIA TO THE UPPER LIMB FROM THE SHOULDER TO THE FINGERTIPS. MULTIPLE APPROACHES TO BLOCKING THE BRACHIAL PLEXUS DEPEND ON THE BLOCK INDICATION, SURGERY OR PROCEDURE BEING PERFORMED, PATIENT-SPECIFIC BODY HABITUS, MEDICAL COMORBIDITIES, AND INDIVIDUAL ANATOMY VARIATIONS. THIS REVIEW WILL ADDRESS THE INDICATIONS, PROBE PLACEMENT, AND SONOANATOMY FOR ULTRASOUND-GUIDED INTERSCALENE BLOCK, SUPERIOR TRUNK BLOCK, SUPRACLAVICULAR BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCK, INFRACLAVICULAR BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCK, AND AXILLARY BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCK. THIS ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM'S ROLE IN USING BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCK TECHNIQUES.