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The role of nerve stimulation in regional anesthesia practice
Although developing ultrasonography (USG) devices and probes have reduced clinicians' interest in nerve stimulation, it should not be overlooked that block success may increase and the risk of postoperative nerve injury may decrease when both methods are applied simultaneously.


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5. Dooley J, Bullock WM, Kumar AH, MacLeod DB, Gadsden J. Systematic sonographic and evoked motor identification of the nerve to vastus medialis during adductor canal block. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2020; 45(11):937-938. doi:10.1136/rapm-2019-101232
6. Sancheti SF, Uppal V, Sandeski R, Kwofie MK, Szerb JJ. A cadaver study investigating structures encountered by the needle during a retroclavicular approach to infraclavicular brachial plexus block. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2018;43(7):752-755. doi:10.1097/AAP.0000000000000 826<br />
Volume 3, Issue 2, 2025
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