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Archive >  Ambulatory Anesthesia 2007

A Quick Check of Your Peripheral

Nerve blocks are becoming the preferred approach to controlling post-op pain.

Barry Cranfill, CRNA, MHS, MBA, FAAPM

The new pain control paradigm in outpatient surgery is shifting away from opioid-based analgesia and toward a more multimodal approach emphasizing peripheral nerve blocks. To highlight the efficacy of peripheral blocks, here are identical surgeries, performed by identical teams, resulting in two very different patient experiences.

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