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During Nerve Block Injection, avoidance of excessive resistance/pressure to injection is important in decreasing the risk of intraneural/intrafascicular injection?
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Intravenous Regional Block (Bier Block)

Intravenous regional anesthesia was originally introduced by the German surgeon August K. G. Bier in 1908; thus the name, "Bier block". Dr. Bier described a complete anesthesia and motor paralysis after intravenous injection of prilocaine into a previously exsanguinated limb.
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