Nazeer Ahmed Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Medical Science
Associate Consultant at Hamad Medical Corporation
He is affiliated to Associate Consultant at Hamad Medical Corporation. He is a recipient of many awards and grants for his valuable contributions and discoveries in major area of subject research. His research interests reflect in his wide range of publications in various national and international journals.
Special Issue Article Open Access
Author(s): Nazeer Ahmed
Infraclavicular brachial plexus block permits anesthesia of the plexus where most of the major motor and sensory nerves to the arm are anesthetized.
Infraclavicular block is used to provide anesthesia and analgesia for procedures involving the distal arm and elbow, wrist, forearm, and hand.
practitioners injected local anesthetic into or around the individual cords.
Once the visualization of local anesthetic spread around the axillary artery is achieved, a 90% success rate is usually accomplished.
Anatomy: