block anaesthesia


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Related to block anaesthesia: conduction anaesthesia, nerve block anesthesia
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Noun1.block anaesthesia - anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerveblock anaesthesia - anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve
anaesthesia, anesthesia - loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness
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Block anaesthesia depends on injecting anaesthetic in the vicinity of the nerve trunk.
Objective: To compare three doses of hyperbaric 0.75% bupivacaine and measuring time for home readiness after day care perianal surgery under saddle block anaesthesia.
Comparative study between combined sciatic-femoral nerve block, via a single skin injection, and spinal block anaesthesia for unilateral surgery of the lower limb.
topical, infiltrative, epidural, spinal, and plexus block anaesthesia. A good working knowledge of local anaesthetics is required to enhance patient safety, experience and comfort.
Techniques of Infiltration and Block Anaesthesia. J Coll Surg Australia 1929; 73.
Ruschen H, Bremner F, Carr C 2003 Complications after sub-Tenons eye block Anaesthesia and Analgesia 96 (1) 273-277