Ultrasound-Guided Ankle Block for Forefoot Surgery

Abstract

Ultrasound-guided ankle block is a highly effective technique for bunion surgery. The sensory territory of the SaN in the foot seems to extend only to the midfoot. According to our sample, 97% of the patients undergoing bunion surgery under an ankle block would not benefit from having a SaN block.

Effect of Nerve Stimulation Use on the Success Rate of Ultrasound-Guided Subsartorial Saphenous Nerve Block

“…U ltrasound (US)-guided saphenous nerve block is a commonly used technique to provide complete surgical anesthesia of the foot and ankle in combination with a popliteal sciatic nerve block. 1,2 However, in part owing to its small caliber, the saphenous nerve is more difficult to reliably block than the sciatic nerve in the popliteal fossa (ie, with success rates reliably exceeding 95%). [3][4][5] As the terminal branch of the femoral nerve, the saphenous nerve provides sensory innervation to the anteromedial aspect of the lower leg, including the medial ankle joint capsule and distal tibia.…”

Punción ecoguiada frente a la punción ciega en el bloqueo nervioso del pie: revisión bibliográfica narrativa

“…Tras realizar los filtros de cribado, un total de 1060 pacientes fueron incluidos en los diez artículos analizados 9,5,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] . No se especificó como datos relevantes ni la edad media de los pacientes ni el sexo.…”

Pretreatment of ankle nerve block provides better postoperative analgesia than peri‐incisional local anesthetic infiltration in hallux valgus correction surgery

“…The sensory distribution of the saphenous nerve overlapping the incisional area might be the causation. 21,22 There are some limitations in this study. Firstly, patients under-…”