RT Book, Section A1 Gill, Jatinder S. A2 Bajwa, Zahid H. A2 Wootton, R. Joshua A2 Warfield, Carol A. SR Print(0) ID 1131938127 T1 Peripheral Nerve Blocks T2 Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine, 3e YR 2016 FD 2016 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071766838 LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1131938127 RD 2024/10/05 AB The peripheral nervous system consists of numerous individual nerves, nerve trunks, nerve plexuses, and ganglia. This chapter discusses the blockade of somatic peripheral nerves. The sympathetic and visceral nerve blocks are discussed separately. The blockade of peripheral somatic nerves is the hallmark of regional anesthesia. This may be done for the facilitation of surgery as a sole technique or in combination with general anesthesia. Peripheral nerve blocks can be continued into the postoperative period via infusion through catheters for the purpose of continued postoperative pain relief. Excellent perioperative analgesia may help reduce the possibility of development of chronic pain.1,2 Additionally, some evidence indicates that regional anesthesia may have a role in reducing the recurrence of disease in patients undergoing oncologic surgery.3