This comprehensive, authoritative text presents the scientific foundations and clinical practice of neural blockade in both regional anesthesia and the management of pain. The descriptions and illustrations of pain mechanisms are considered classic examples. The Fourth Edition has been refined for clarity and flows logically from principles and pharmacology, to techniques for each anatomic region, to applications. This edition has two new co-editors and several new chapters on topics including neurologic complications, neural blockade for surgery, treatment of pain in older people, and complications in pain medicine.

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Comprehensive and authoritative study of neural blockades including detailed basic science and clinical information.

Key Features

• Two new co-editors, Daniel Carr and Terese Horlocker, who are widely known and well respected physicians in the field
• New chapters on:
  • Impact on patient outcomes
  • Neurologic complications
  • Blocks in surgery
  • Pain in the elderly
  • Complications