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Saphenous Nerve Block

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The saphenous nerve block chapter describes the indications, set up, technical details and other considerations for two different approaches to achieve anesthesia in the saphenous nerve distribution.

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Injection, anesthetic agent; other peripheral nerve 64450

Ultrasound guidance 76942

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Naval Medical Center, 620 John Paul Jones Circle, Portsmouth, VA, 23708, USA

    Thomas F. Olson MD

  2. Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 167 Ashley Ave, Suite 301, MSC 912, Charleston, SC, 29425-9120, USA

    M. Gabriel Hillegass III MD

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Correspondence to M. Gabriel Hillegass III MD .

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    R. Jason Yong

  2. Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Michael Nguyen

  3. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Ehren Nelson

  4. Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Health Care Center at Chestnut Hill, Center for Perioperative Research, Sedation for Interventional Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Richard D. Urman

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Olson, T.F., Hillegass, M.G. (2017). Saphenous Nerve Block. In: Yong, R., Nguyen, M., Nelson, E., Urman, R. (eds) Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43133-8_93

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