Ultrasound guided deep cervical plexus block

D J Sandeman; M J Griffiths; A F Lennox

doi:10.1177/0310057X0603400201

Ultrasound guided deep cervical plexus block

Anaesth Intensive Care. 2006 Apr;34(2):240-4. doi: 10.1177/0310057X0603400201.

Authors

D J Sandeman¹, M J Griffiths, A F Lennox

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anaesthesia, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 16617648
DOI: 10.1177/0310057X0603400201

Abstract

We describe a new technique for achieving a deep cervical plexus block using a portable vascular access ultrasound scanner (Site-Rite II, Bard Access Systems, Pittsburgh, PA).

Publication types

Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

Cervical Plexus / anatomy & histology
Cervical Plexus / diagnostic imaging*
Cervical Plexus / drug effects*
Humans
Nerve Block / methods*
Ultrasonography, Doppler / methods
Ultrasonography, Interventional / methods*
Vertebral Artery / diagnostic imaging