RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Historical Considerations
JF Regional Anesthesia: The Journal of Neural Blockade in Obstetrics, Surgery, & Pain Control
JO Reg Anesth Pain Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 2
OP 3
DO 10.1136/rapm-00115550-198001000-00001
VO 5
IS 1
A1 Adriani, John
YR 1980
UL http://rapm.bmj.com/content/5/1/2.abstract
AB Regional anesthesia of the upper extremities was developed largely by surgeons in the early 1900s after the discovery of cocaine. Although anatomy has not changed and the fundamentals remain the same, the introduction of safer and better local anesthetics and safeguards to avoid complications is resulting in more extensive use of regional anesthesia than there has been in the past several decades.