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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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Spinal Anesthesia

Spinal anesthesia has progressed greatly since 1885 and is used successfully in a number of different clinical situations. However, anatomy, choice of local anesthetic, physiologic effects of spinal anesthesia, patient positioning, and the approach to spinal anesthesia must all be considered.
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Fellowship Description and Requirements

Learn about our Fellowship Program in Regional Anesthesiology, what the requirements are for enrollment, and how to download an application. ...
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Local Anesthetics

Local anesthetics bind directly within the intracellular portion of voltage-gated sodium channels. The degree of block produced by local anesthetics is dependent upon how the nerve has been stimulated and on its resting membrane potential. Local anesthetics are only able to bind to sodium channels in their charged form and when the sodium channels are open...
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Local & Regional Anesthesia for Eye Surgery

Ophthalmic surgery is one of the most frequent surgical procedures requiring anesthesia in developed countries. In the past, regional anesthesia on the eye typically consisted of retrobulbar anesthesia (RBA), with the surgeon performing the block. Widespread use of the phacoemulsification technique, however, has changed the anesthesia requirements for this technique—total akinesia and lowered intraocular pressure are no longer necessary....
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