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Table of contents

August 2009 - Volume 34 - 5

EDITORIALS

Ultrasound in Pain Medicine: Advanced Weaponry or Just a Fad? (1 August, 2009)
Marc A. Huntoon
Local Anesthetics in the Surgical Wound-Is the Pendulum Swinging Toward Increased Use? (1 August, 2009)
Henrik Kehlet, Billy B. Kristensen
Publishing Studies That Involve "Off-label" Use of Drugs (1 August, 2009)
Joseph M. Neal, James P. Rathmell, John C. Rowlingson

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Parietal Analgesia Decreases Postoperative Diaphragm Dysfunction Induced by Abdominal Surgery: A Physiologic Study (1 August, 2009)
Marc Beaussier, Hanna El'Ayoubi, Maxime Rollin, Yann Parc, Arthur Atchabahian, Gerald Chanques, Xavier Capdevila, André Lienhart, Samir Jaber
Effect on Neurostimulation of Injectates Used for Perineural Space Expansion Before Placement of a Stimulating Catheter: Normal Saline Versus Dextrose 5% in Water (1 August, 2009)
Charles Pham Dang, Aurélie Lelong, Jérôme Guilley, Jean Michel Nguyen, Christelle Volteau, Guillaume Venet, Cyril Perrier, Corinne Lejus, Yvonnick Blanloeil
Diabetes Mellitus, Independent of Body Mass Index, Is Associated With a "Higher Success" Rate for Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Blocks (1 August, 2009)
Ralf E. Gebhard, Karen C. Nielsen, Ricardo Pietrobon, Andres Missair, Brian A. Williams
Does Local Anesthetic Dilution Influence the Clinical Effectiveness of Multiple-Injection Axillary Brachial Plexus Block?: A Prospective, Double-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial in Patients Undergoing Upper Limb Surgery (1 August, 2009)
Laura Bertini, Stefano Palmisani, Stefania Mancini, Ornella Martini, Rossana Ioculano, Roberto Arcioni
Comparative Study of Ropivacaine 0.5% and Levobupivacaine 0.33% in Axillary Brachial Plexus Block (1 August, 2009)
Margarita M. Puig, Susana González-Suárez, Mauricio Pacheco, Jaume Roigé
A Prospective, Randomized Comparison Between Single- and Double-Injection, Ultrasound-Guided Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block (1 August, 2009)
De Q.H. Tran, Loreto Muñoz, Cedrick Zaouter, Gianluca Russo, Roderick J. Finlayson
Percutaneous Upper Thoracic Radiofrequency Sympathectomy in Raynaud Phenomenon: A Comparison of T2/T3 Procedure Versus T2 Lesion With Phenol Application (1 August, 2009)
Tomas Gabrhelik, Pavel Michalek, Milan Adamus, Emil Berta
Meningeal (Postdural) Puncture Headache, Unintentional Dural Puncture, and the Epidural Blood Patch: A National Survey of United States Practice (1 August, 2009)
Brian E. Harrington, Andrew M. Schmitt

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Highlights of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine's 2009-2010 Information for Authors
(1 August, 2009)
Joseph M. Neal, Jeff D. Baker
Spring 2009 Abstract Titles: ASRA 34th Annual Regional Anesthesia Meeting and Workshops April 30 to May 3, 2009 Phoenix, Arizona Abstracts ASRA 34th Annual Regional Anesthesia Meeting and Workshops April 30 to May 3, 2009 Phoenix, Ariz (1 August, 2009)

TRANSLATIONAL VIGNETTE

Future Considerations for Pharmacologic Adjuvants in Single-Injection Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Patients With Diabetes Mellitus (1 August, 2009)
Brian A. Williams, Beth B. Murinson, Benjamin R. Grable, Steven L. Orebaugh

ULTRASOUND ARTICLES

Ultrasound-Guided Interventional Procedures in Pain Medicine: A Review of Anatomy, Sonoanatomy, and Procedures: Part I: Nonaxial Structures (1 August, 2009)
Philip W.H. Peng, Samer Narouze
Development and Validation of a New Technique for Ultrasound-Guided Stellate Ganglion Block (1 August, 2009)
Michael Gofeld, Anuj Bhatia, Sherif Abbas, Sugantha Ganapathy, Marjorie Johnson
Electrical Stimulation Versus Ultrasound Guidance for Popliteal-Sciatic Perineural Catheter Insertion: A Randomized Controlled Trial (1 August, 2009)
Edward R. Mariano, Gloria S. Cheng, Lynna P. Choy, Vanessa J. Loland, Richard H. Bellars, NavParkash S. Sandhu, Michael L. Bishop, Daniel K. Lee, Rosalita C. Maldonado, Brian M. Ilfeld
Anatomic Basis to the Ultrasound-Guided Approach for Saphenous Nerve Blockade (1 August, 2009)
Jean-Louis Horn, Trevor Pitsch, Francis Salinas, Brion Benninger
Correlation Between Ultrasound Imaging, Cross-Sectional Anatomy, and Histology of the Brachial Plexus: A Review (1 August, 2009)
Geert J. van Geffen, Nizar Moayeri, Jörgen Bruhn, Gert J. Scheffer, Vincent W. Chan, Gerbrand J. Groen
Ultrasound-Guided Low-Dose Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block Reduces the Incidence of Hemidiaphragmatic Paresis (1 August, 2009)
Steven H. Renes, Harald C. Rettig, Mathieu J. Gielen, Oliver H. Wilder-Smith, Geert J. van Geffen
Sonographic Location of the Radial Nerve Confirmed by Nerve Stimulation During Axillary Brachial Plexus Blockade (1 August, 2009)
Daniel M. Wong, Sam Gledhill, Rowan Thomas, Michael J. Barrington
A Comparison of Sensory and Motor Loss After a Femoral Nerve Block Conducted With Ultrasound Versus Ultrasound and Nerve Stimulation (1 August, 2009)
Brian D. Sites, Michael L. Beach, Christopher D. Chinn, Kirsten E. Redborg, John D. Gallagher

EVIDENCE-BASED CASE MANAGEMENT

Evidence-Based Case Report: The Prevention and Management of Postherpetic Neuralgia With Emphasis on Interventional Procedures (1 August, 2009)
Honorio T. Benzon, Kiran Chekka, Amit Darnule, Brian Chung, Oscar Wille, Khalid Malik

Book Reviews

A Practical Approach to Obstetric Anesthesia (1 August, 2009)
Summer Gardner
Handbook of Ambulatory Anesthesia, 2nd ed. (1 August, 2009)
Arooj Cheema, Michael F. Mulroy

Letters to the Editors

Does Fascia Iliaca Block Result in Obturator Block? (1 August, 2009)
Robert S. Weller
Reply to Dr. Weller (1 August, 2009)
John Dolan, G. N. C. Kenny, Anne Williams, Eileen Murney, Malcolm Smith
Color Doppler as a Surrogate Marker of Needle-Tip Location in Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia (1 August, 2009)
Alexandre M. Faust, Roxane Fournier
Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block-Anatomic Considerations (1 August, 2009)
Arjunan Ganesh
Dextrose 5% in Water as an Alternative Medium to Gel for Performing Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Nerve Blocks (1 August, 2009)
Ban C. H. Tsui
Identification of the Epidural Space Using Pressure Measurement With the Compuflo Injection Pump-A Pilot Study (1 August, 2009)
Angelo G. Rocco
Multimodal Analgesia After Total Joint Arthroplasty (1 August, 2009)
Gregory C. Allen
Needle Visualization in Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia: Technological Challenges and Educational Solutions (1 August, 2009)
Thomas M. Halaszynski, Viji Kurup, Dmitri Souzdalnitzski
Normal Magnetic Resonance Appearance After Epidural Catheter Insertion (1 August, 2009)
Matthew Oldman, Lorraine Alderson, John Thorn, Nathan Manghat, Richard Seymour
Ultrasound-Guided Infraclavicular Nerve Block and the Cephalic Vein (1 August, 2009)
John Dolan
No Hard Evidence on Ultrasound-Guided Versus Conventional Regional Anesthesia (1 August, 2009)
Michael H. Andreae
Reply to Dr. Andreae (1 August, 2009)
Spencer S. Liu, Jacques T. YaDeau

ERRATA

Calcium Chloride Prolongs the Effects of Lidocaine and Bupivacaine in Rat Sciatic Nerve: Erratum (1 August, 2009)
Ultrasound Imaging of the Sciatic Nerve in the Lateral Midfemoral Approach: Erratum (1 August, 2009)

ONLINE-ONLY

Abstracts of the XXVIII Annual European Society of Regional Anaesthesia Congress, Salzburg, Austria, September 9-12, 2009 (1 August, 2009)