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Eco-Guided Ankle Block: Analgesia and Anesthetic Technique for Foot Surgery
Regional anesthesia for foot surgery has become increasingly popular, there are different reasons including: most surgeries are ambulatory, great pain management during the early postoperative phase, reduced time spent in the post-anesthesia care unit, and minimizing opioid use during the perioperative period are achieved through effective ankle blockade. This procedure involves blocking the five nerves responsible for sensory supply to the area below the malleoli. It can be used both as an anesthetic technique (used together with general or neuraxial anesthesia), as well as analgesia in the context of multimodal analgesia providing adequate post-operative analgesia. All five nerves can be blocked using ultrasonography, allowing for lower latency and a smaller volume of local anesthetic.
Part of the book: Contemporary Approach to Trauma and Emergency Surgery