REVIEW Surface Landmarks to Provide a Safe Ulnar Nerve Block in theWrist: Anatomical Study and Literature Review

ePlasty: Vol. 20

REVIEW
Surface Landmarks to Provide a Safe Ulnar Nerve Block in the Wrist: Anatomical Study and Literature Review
Swapnil D. Kachare, MD, MBA,^a Luke T. Meredith, MD,^b Milind D. Kachare, MD,^c Bradley J. Vivace, BS,^b Christina N. Kapsalis, MD,^d Claude Muresan, MD,^e Joshua H. Choo, MD,^a Morton L. Kasdan, MD,^a and Bradon J. Wilhelmi, MD, FACS^a
^aDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery; ^bSchool of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; ^cDepartment of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ; ^dDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and ^eChristine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery, Louisville, KY
Correspondence: bjwilh01@exchange.louisville.edu; Helen.anderkin@louisville.edu
Keywords: ulnar nerve block, wrist block, local anesthesia, safe injection, iatrogenic injury

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