Chapter 17 Anesthesia of the Peripheral Nerves

Regional anesthesia of the peripheral nerves has evolved considerably over the past two decades. It is now widely practiced and provides considerable benefits to patients in the perioperative period. Peripheral regional anesthesia has an excellent safety profile, with the overall incidence of persistent neurologic injury between 0.01 and 0.1%. The range reflects the challenge in studying such an infrequent outcome, as well as the difficulty in …