Small Animal Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia Explore regional techniques for anesthesia and analgesia in dogs and cats in this thoroughly expanded and revised edition of the most comprehensive book on the topic
Small Animal Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia, Second Edition expands and updates the information in the first edition, making this a truly comprehensive and practical reference for regional anesthetic techniques in dogs and cats. Written by leading international experts in the field, this book provides an authoritative yet practical guide to using ultrasound-guided local and regional anesthesia techniques in clinical practice. Grounded in the latest scientific literature, the book presents a wealth of new or updated information, and incorporates a logical, standardized format and high-quality color images, making it easier and faster to find information about each block.
Small Animal Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia, Second Edition:
- Provides an expanded and updated new edition of this practical, clinically-oriented resource, with step-by-step details for each procedure
- Features more images to support the visual aspect of learning that is necessary when using ultrasound to perform locoregional anesthesia
- Has been reorganized to present information based on the individual technique, rather than the general anatomical region of the body
Small Animal Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia, Second Edition is a must-have reference for veterinary practitioners and specialists.
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1 Considerations for Locoregional
Anesthesia
1 Ultrasound guidance: The inevitable evolution of locoregional
anesthesia
Berit Fischer
2 Use of ultrasound for locoregional anesthesia
Matt Read, Micheal O Cathasaigh and Luis Campoy
3 How to document the use of locoregional anesthesia in the medical
record
Eric Brumberger and Luis Campoy
4 Local anesthetic
pharmacology
Manuel Martin-Flores and Matias Lorenzutti
Part 2 Locoregional Anesthetic Blocks for Small Animal
Patients
5 The Eye
Yael Shilo-Benjamini and Peter Pascoe
6 Ultrasound-guided Blocks for the Ear
Luis Campoy and Jaime Viscasillas
7 Ultrasound-guided Brachial Plexus Block (subscalene approach)
Pablo Otero
8 Ultrasound-guided Brachial Plexus Block (Axillary approach)
Luis Campoy
9 Ultrasound-guided Proximal RUMM Block (Axillary sheath)
Matt Read
10 Ultrasound-guided (distal) RUMM Block
Matt Read and Luis Campoy
11 The thoracic spinal nerves: Overview and functional anatomy
Diego Portela and Marta Romano
12 Introduction to Fascial Plane Blocks
Berit L. Fischer
13 Ultrasound-guided Thoracic Paravertebral Block
Diego A. Portela
14 Ultrasound-guided Intercostal Nerve Block
Alexander C. S. Thomson
15 Ultrasound-guided Serratus Plane Block
Matt Read
16 Ultrasound-guided Parasternal Blocks
Matt Read
17 Ultrasound-guided Erector Spinae Plane Block
Tatiana H. Ferreira
18 Ultrasound-guided Quadratus Lumborum Block
Marta Garbin
19 Ultrasound-guided Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block
Marta Romano
20 Ultrasound-guided Rectus Sheath Block
Tatiana H. Ferreira
21 Ultrasound-guided Femoral Nerve Block (Psoas Compartment Block)
Stephan Mahler
22 Ultrasound-guided Femoral Nerve Block (inguinal approach)
Luis Campoy
23 Ultrasound-guided Saphenous Nerve Block
Luis Campoy
24 Ultrasound-guided Parasacral Lumbosacral Trunk Block
Diego A. Portela
25 Ultrasound-guided Sciatic Nerve Block (caudal approach)
Luis Campoy
26 Ultrasound-guided Pudendal Nerve Block in male cats
Chiara Adami
27 Ultrasound-assisted Epidural Anesthesia.
Berit Fischer, Matt Read and Luis Campoy
28 Complications associated with locoregional anesthesia
Berit L. Fischer
Index
The editors
Matt Read, DVM, MVSc, DACVAA, is a board-certified veterinary anesthesiologist with MedVet in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Luis Campoy, LV, CertVA, DipECVAA, MRCVS, is a board-certified veterinary anesthesiologist and Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine with the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in Ithaca, New York, USA.
Berit Fischer, DVM, DACVAA, CCRP, CVA, is a board-certified veterinary anesthesiologist with Eastern Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA.