Chronic Pain Final-S4 Flashcards
Which Extraocular muscle moves the eye up?
Superior Rectus muscle
Which Extraocular muscle moves the eye Laterally?
Lateral Rectus muscle
Which Extraocular muscle moves the eye medially?
Medial rectus muscle
Which Extraocular muscle moves the eye inferior?
Inferior rectus muscle
Which block is associated with the area WITHIN the muscle cone of the orbit?
- Intraconal
- Best place to block
- “Behind”
- 1-1/2 inch needle
Retrobulbar block
Which cranial nerve is affected with a Retrobulbar Intraconal block?
Optic nerve
CN II
Which block is associated with the area BETWEEN the muscle and the orbital wall?
- Extraconal
- “Around”
Peribulbar block
Satisfactory score for orbital block is what?
< 4
What is the name of the area that marks the termination of the retina proper and where the retina ends?
Ora Serrata
T/F
The optic nerve contains CSF ?
True
This plexus is formed from the ventral rami of L1-L4 with occasional distribution to T12 ?
Lumbar Plexus
This plexus arises from L4-5 and S1-S4?
Sacral Plexus
The lumbosacral plexus forms what major nerve?
Sciatic nerve
The lumbar plexus provides Motor and Sensory innervation to ____ portion of the thigh?
Anterior
The lumbar plexus provides Sensory innervation ONLY to the _____ leg?
Medial
The sciatic nerve innervates the ____ thigh and most of the leg and foot which divides to become the tibial and common peroneal nerves?
Posterior
S1-S3 for the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve which provides ____ innervation to the posterior thigh?
Sensory
This nerve block innervation is the main hip flexors and extensors?
- Provides sole innervation to quads which can lead to knee buckling with weight bearing?
- Identification of anterior iliopsoas muscle
- Hallmark “Patellar snap”
- 20-30ml of LA
Femoral nerve block
This nerve provides sensory innervation to the lateral thigh from L2-4?
- Good for mid shaft and distal femur fracture repairs
- Of the 3 large anterior nerves it is the most Lateral and Superficial
- Deep to or lateral to the sartorius muscle
- between tensor fasciae latae and sartorius muscle injection
- 5-10ml LA
Lateral Femoral Cutaneous nerve block
This nerve block is good for hip pain associated with anterior total hip replacement?
- Articular branches of femoral nerve, obturator nerve, and accessory obturator nerve.
- AVOIDS motor block
- 10-15ml diluted LA
Pericapsular nerve block
(PENG) block
This nerve block is good for analgesia with knee arthroplasty and foot/ankle procedures?
- Landmark is Transverse on the anteromedial thigh at middle/distal third of thigh above knee
- Sartorious muscle (medially)
- Vastus medialis muscle (anteriorly)
- Adductor muscle (posteriorly)
- 15-20ml of LA between sartorius and vastus medialis
Adductor Canal block
(Saphenous nerve block)
This nerve block involves infiltration of LA between the popliteal artery and capsule of the knee?
- Motor sparing
- Provides analgesia of the POSTERIOR knee capsule
iPACK block
This nerve block targets the posterior division of the femoral nerve that give rise to articular branches to innervate the anterior knee?
- vastus Lateralis
- vastus Intermedius
- vastus Medialis
- Provides analgesia to the ANTERIOR knee capsule?
LIA Block
What is the largest nerve in the body?
- 2.5 cm wide
Sciatic nerve
This nerve and its branches supply innervation both motor and sensory to the POSTERIOR aspect of the entire lower extremity to include the foot?
- L4-5 and S1-3
- Good for foot, ankle and achilles tendon surgery
Sciatic nerve
The sciatic nerve divides into which 2 nerves in the popliteal fossa?
Tibial nerve
Common Peroneal nerve
What nerves landmark is the popliteal fossa crease, tendon of Biceps Femoris (laterally) and tendon of semitendinosus and semimembranosus (medially) ?
- 7-10 cm above crease of knee
Sciatic nerve block
In an ankle block 5 nerves are blocked, are these superficial or deep nerves?
- Saphenous
- Sural
- Superficial Common Peroneal
3 Superficial nerves
In an ankle block 5 nerves are blocked, are these superficial or deep nerves?
- Posterior Tibial Nerve
- Deep Common Peroneal
2 Deep nerves
Which nerve is blocked?
- Finger on the groove just lateral to the extensor hallucis longus
- when needle hits bone withdraw 1-2cm and inject 5ml LA
Deep peroneal nerve
Which nerve is blocked?
- Palpate tibial artery
- hit bone and then withdraw, aspirate prior to injection
- needle groove behind the medial malleolus
- 5-8 ml of LA
Posterior Tibial Nerve
TibIAL is medIAL
Saphenous =
Medial
Sural =
LateRAL
suRAL
This block is done by inserting needle lateral and medial to the base of the metatarsal?
- 5-8mL LA
- inject just below the skin
Digital block
surgeon will likely do
The cervical plexus is formed from the anterior rami of the first ___ cervical vertebrae?
4
What are the motor branches of the cervical plexus?
Phrenic nerve
ansa cervicalis
posterior neck muscles
Which block is most appropriate for a carotid endarterectomy?
Cervical Plexus block
Which block targets cutaneous branches of the cervical plexus?
- provides analgesia to the skin over the jaw, neck, occiput and medial shoulder
- Easier to perform
Superficial Cervical Plexus block
Which block targets the nerve roots of the cervical plexus as they emerge from the vertebral foramina?
- Provides a denser block to deeper structures of the neck
Deep Cervical Plexus block
Both techniques of the Cervical Plexus block can lead to what if done wrong?
Hemidiaphragmatic paralysis
The landmarks for this block are the external jugular vein which should be avoided and the sternocleidomastoid muscle?
- Needle in between mastoid process and clavicle
- Head should be turned away from side to be blocked
- 5-10 ml LA subq
Superficial cervical plexus block
The landmarks for this block are the transverse process of the 6th cervical vertebra then scan cephalad to C5-C2
- Needle inserted from C2-C4
- 5 mL LA injected
- risk of vertebral artery injection
Deep Cervical Plexus block
This block can provide analgesia for
- Thoracic and upper abdomen
- rib fractures
- Herpes zoster/shingles
- Cancer related pain in thoracic region
Origin is from the dorsal and ventral rami
- Most inferior structure within the neurovascular bundle
Can result in the highest blood levels of local anesthetic relative to the dose injected
- Complications include intravascular injection and Pneumothorax
- 3-5 mL LA injected
Intercostal block
This block can provide analgesia for thoracic or abdominal wall procedures, mastectomy, inguinal or abdominal hernia.
- Coverage is typically 1-2 dermatomes above and below the injection site
- Risk of Pneumothorax
- 5mL LA
Paravertebral block