TY - JOUR
TI - Peripheral nerve blocks in the cervical region: From anatomy to ultrasound-guided techniques
AU - Saranteas, T.
AU - Kostroglou, A.
AU - Efstathiou, G.
AU - Giannoulis, D.
AU - Moschovaki, N.
AU - Mavrogenis, A.F.
AU - Perisanidis, C.
JO - Dentomaxillofacial Radiology
PY - 2020
VL - 49
TODO - 8
SP - null
PB - British Institute of Radiology
SN - null
TODO - 10.1259/DMFR.20190400
TODO - local anesthetic agent, cervical plexus;  diagnostic imaging;  echography;  interventional ultrasonography;  nerve block;  regional anesthesia, Anesthesia, Conduction;  Anesthetics, Local;  Cervical Plexus;  Nerve Block;  Ultrasonography;  Ultrasonography, Interventional
TODO - Cervical plexus nerve blocks have been employed in various head and neck operations. Both adequate anaesthesia and analgesia are attained in clinical practice. Nowadays, ultrasound imaging in regional anaesthesia is driven towards a certain objective that dictates high accuracy and safety during the implementation of peripheral nerve blocks. In the cervical region, ultrasound-guided nerve blocks have routinely been conducted only for the past few years and thus only a small number of publications pervade the current literature. Moreover, the sonoanatomy of the neck, the foundation stone of interventional techniques, is very challenging; multiple muscles and fascial layers compose a complex of compartments in a narrow anatomic region, in which local anaesthetics are injected. Therefore, this review intends to deliver new insights into ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve block techniques in the neck. The sonoanatomy of the cervical region, in addition to the cervical plexus, cervical ganglia, superior and recurrent laryngeal nerve blocks are comprehensively discussed. © 2020 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology
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