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Sonopathology

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Ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia (UGRA) is an emerging subspecialty of regional anesthesia. The use of ultrasound (US) to visualize the needle, nerve, and spread of local anesthetic has energized the community and increased the popularity of regional anesthesia techniques. During the normal conduct of UGRA, the anesthesiologist will frequently be confronted with aberrant and atypical anatomy.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA

    Jonathan T. Weed MD

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, 03756, USA

    Brian D. Sites MD

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  1. University Hosp and Ochsner Kenner Hosp, Prof and Chairman,Dept of Anesthesiology, Director of Interventional Pain Mgmt., Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, 70112, USA

    Alan David Kaye

  2. Harvard Medical School, Director, Proced Sedation Mgmt & Safety, Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Med, Boston, 02115, USA

    Richard D. Urman

  3. Yale University School of Medicine, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, New Haven, 06520, Connecticut, USA

    Nalini Vadivelu

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Weed, J.T., Sites, B.D. (2012). Sonopathology. In: Kaye, A., Urman, R., Vadivelu, N. (eds) Essentials of Regional Anesthesia. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1013-3_10

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