This is a concise visual guide to the major techniques of regional anesthesia and analgesia for small animal practitioners, with complete coverage of the relevant physics, physiology, and pharmacology.
- Provides straightforward advice and easy-to-implement strategies for general veterinary practitioners without specialist training who want to incorporate regional anesthesia into their practice
- Features an accessible design with plenty of diagrams and photos and a convenient and robust spiral-bound format that lays flat for use during procedures
- Broken into sections which explain techniques by limb or body part and by species
- Details important anatomy (nerves, bones, and vessels), as well as possible side effects and complications
1 Introduction
Reasons to provide regional anesthesia
Equipment
Complications and contraindications
Species differences and considerations
Safe practice
References
Further reading
2 Cutaneous Innervation Index
Cutaneous innervation index
Canine dermatomes
3 Infiltration Blocks
Infiltration for mass removal
Block of the surgical incision
Intercostal blocks
Interpleural block (also known as intrapleural or pleural)
Intraperitoneal block
References
4 Blocks of the Head
Retrobulbar
Maxillary
Infraorbital
Mandibular (or inferior alveolar)
Mental~
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