TY - JOUR
AU - Tobias, Joseph D.
AB -  Introduction In the paediatric patient, there remains considerable interest in the application of regional anaesthetic techniques. In this age group, regional anaesthetic techniques are used most commonly as an adjunct to general anaesthesia and/or to provide postoperative analgesia. However, many of the regional techniques can also be used instead of general anaesthesia in circumstances where anatomical or physiological alterations may make the conduct of general anaesthesia more difficult or dangerous. Regional techniques may also be used during painful or invasive procedures in situations where the conduct of general anaesthesia may not be readily possible or as a therapeutic modality to provide sympathetic blockade in patients with vascular insufficiency and in the treatment of chronic pain. In children, caudal epidural anaesthesia remains the most frequently performed regional technique ( 1 ). Although this technique is effective for lower abdominal and lower extremity procedure, other approaches are obviously necessary when the operative procedure involves the upper extremity. The practice of regional anaesthesia and associated complication has recently been evaluated by Giaufre et al . in their prospective 1‐year survey of all regional anaesthetic techniques in the French‐language Society of Paediatric Anaesthesiologists ( 2 ). Central blocks (mostly caudals) accounted for 
TI - Brachial plexus anaesthesia in children
JF - Pediatric Anesthesia
DO - 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.00667.x
DA - 2001-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/brachial-plexus-anaesthesia-in-children-wopaVxWMzm
SP - 265
VL - 11
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -