This full-color text/atlas describes all of the nerve blocks for which ultrasound guidance has proved efficacious, including upper and lower limb blocks. The chapter organization is similar to Chelly's Peripheral Nerve Blocks book: each block is described by concise text covering the indications for use, necessary equipment, anatomic landmarks, approach, and technique. The blocks are richly illustrated by ultrasound stills and relevant anatomy.

A companion Website will have video modules on 1. principles of sonography, including how to turn on the machine, set up the transducers, move the transducers, change the contrast, depth, frequency and dynamic range compression settings, how to use color Doppler flow imaging and align the needle with the beam and 2. ultrasound-guided blocks of the interscalene, supraclavicular, infraclavicular, axillary, femoral, subgluteal, popliteal, and caudal regions.

FUNDAMENTALS OF EQUIPMENT, ULTRASOUND AND MICROANATOMY

1: Equipment

2: From Paresthesia to Neurostimulation and Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia

3: Principles of Sonography

4: Microanatomy of the Peripheral Nervous System and Its Implications for Paravertebral and Peripheral Nerve Blocks

5: Ultrasound-Guided Intraneural Injection: A Powerful Tool for Regional Anesthesia

UPPER EXTREMITY BLOCKS

6: Ultrasound-Guided Interscalene Block Using the Posterior Approach

7: Ultrasound-Guided Interscalene Block

8: Ultrasound-Guided Supraclavicular Block

9: Ultrasound-Guided Infraclavicular Block

10: Ultrasound-Guided Axillary Block

11: Blocks at the Elbow and Forearm

LOWER EXTREMITY BLOCKS

12: Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Plexus Block (Transverse Approach)

13: Ultrasound-Guided Inguinal Nerve Block

14: Ultrasound-Guided Transverse Abdominis Plane Block

15: Ultrasound-Guided Femoral Nerve Block

16: Ultrasound-Guided Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Block

17: Ultrasound-Guided Saphenous Nerve Block

18: Ultrasound-Guided Obturator Nerve Block

19: Ultrasound-Guided Parasacral Block

20: Ultrasound-Guided Anterior Sciatic Nerve Block

21: Subgluteal Sciatic Block

22: Ultrasound-Guided Popliteal Sciatic Block

23: Ultrasound-Guided Ankle Block

CENTRAL BLOCKS

24: Ultrasound for Labor Epidural Placement

25: Ultrasound-Guided Thoracic Paravertebral Block

PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA

26: Fundamentals of Ultrasound-Guided Pediatric Regional Anesthesia

27: Ultrasound-Guided Brachial Plexus Blockade in Infants and Children

28: Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia of the Thorax, Trunk, and Abdomen Including Caudal Epidural Block in Infants and Children

29: Ultrasound-Guided Lower Extremity Blockade in Children

PAIN BLOCKS

30: Ultrasound-Guided Maxillary Nerve Block

31: Ultrasound-Guided Mandibular Nerve Block

32: Stellate Ganglion Block

33: Ultrasound-Guided Cervical Sympathetic Block

34: Endoscopic Celiac Ganglion Block

35: Ultrasound-Guided Superior Hypogastric Plexus Block

36: Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar (L1-L4) Zygapophysial Medial Branch and L5 Dorsal Ramus Block

THE FUTURE OF ULTRASOUND

37: The Future of Sonography

38: Identification of Nerves on Ultrasound Scans Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Vision

39: Acoustic Radiation Force Imaging in Regional Anesthesia

40: Impedance Neurography

41: Evaluation of Thoracic Paravertebral and Lumbar Plexus Anatomy Using a 3D Ultrasound Probe

42: Optimum Design of Echogenic Needles for Ultrasound Guided Nerve Block

43: Identification of Nerves in Ultrasound Scans Using a Modified Mumford-Shah Model and Prior Information