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Superficial cervical plexus block Intermediate cervical plexus block Maxillary nerve block: suprazygomatic and infrazygomatic approaches Supraorbital and supratrochlear nerve block Infraorbital nerve block Mental nerve block Scalp block Interscalene brachial plexus block Superior trunk block Supraclavicular brachial plexus block Infraclavicular brachial plexus block Costoclavicular brachial plexus block Axillary brachial plexus block Suprascapular nerve block: anterior and posterior approaches Axillary nerve block Mid-humeral block Elbow block (median, radial and ulnar nerves) Forearm blocks (median, ulnar and superficial radial nerves) Wrist block Medial cutaneous nerve of the arm block Intercostobrachial nerve block Lateral cutaneous nerves of the arm block Lateral cutaneous nerve of the forearm block Medial cutaneous nerve of the forearm block Lumbar plexus block (posterior approaches) Parasacral sciatic (sacral plexus) block Subgluteal sciatic nerve block Anterior sciatic nerve block Lateral sciatic nerve block Popliteal sciatic nerve block CAPS block (crosswise approach to popliteal sciatic) Ankle block (all five nerves) Suprainguinal fascia iliaca block Infrainguinal fascia iliaca block Femoral nerve block PENG block (pericapsular nerve group) Adductor canal block Femoral triangle block Genicular nerve block IPACK block Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block (lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh) Obturator nerve block (anterior and posterior branches) Interpectoral plane block (Pecs I) Pectoserratus plane block (Pecs II) Serratus anterior plane block (superficial and deep) Rhomboid intercostal and sub-serratus (RISS) block BRILMA block (serratus-intercostal plane block) Thoracic paravertebral block (sagittal and transverse approaches) Erector spinae plane block (sagittal and transverse approaches) Intertransverse process block (including the MTP block) Superficial parasternal intercostal plane block (pecto-intercostal fascial block) Deep parasternal intercostal plane block (transversus thoracis plane block) Rectus sheath block Deep rectus sheath (preperitoneal) block Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block: lateral and posterior approaches Subcostal (oblique subcostal) TAP block TAPA and modified TAPA (M-TAPA) block External oblique intercostal (fascial plane) block Ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerve block Transversalis fascia plane block Quadratus lumborum blocks (lateral, posterior and anterior) Sacral erector spinae plane block (sacral multifidus plane block) Dorsal nerve of penis block Pudendal nerve block Genitofemoral nerve block Cluneal nerve block: superior and middle cluneal nerves Spinal anaesthesia (subarachnoid block) Lumbar epidural Thoracic epidural Combined spinal-epidural (CSE) Caudal epidural block ⇄ Second block
Superficial cervical plexus block Intermediate cervical plexus block Maxillary nerve block: suprazygomatic and infrazygomatic approaches Supraorbital and supratrochlear nerve block Infraorbital nerve block Mental nerve block Scalp block Interscalene brachial plexus block Superior trunk block Supraclavicular brachial plexus block Infraclavicular brachial plexus block Costoclavicular brachial plexus block Axillary brachial plexus block Suprascapular nerve block: anterior and posterior approaches Axillary nerve block Mid-humeral block Elbow block (median, radial and ulnar nerves) Forearm blocks (median, ulnar and superficial radial nerves) Wrist block Medial cutaneous nerve of the arm block Intercostobrachial nerve block Lateral cutaneous nerves of the arm block Lateral cutaneous nerve of the forearm block Medial cutaneous nerve of the forearm block Lumbar plexus block (posterior approaches) Parasacral sciatic (sacral plexus) block Subgluteal sciatic nerve block Anterior sciatic nerve block Lateral sciatic nerve block Popliteal sciatic nerve block CAPS block (crosswise approach to popliteal sciatic) Ankle block (all five nerves) Suprainguinal fascia iliaca block Infrainguinal fascia iliaca block Femoral nerve block PENG block (pericapsular nerve group) Adductor canal block Femoral triangle block Genicular nerve block IPACK block Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block (lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh) Obturator nerve block (anterior and posterior branches) Interpectoral plane block (Pecs I) Pectoserratus plane block (Pecs II) Serratus anterior plane block (superficial and deep) Rhomboid intercostal and sub-serratus (RISS) block BRILMA block (serratus-intercostal plane block) Thoracic paravertebral block (sagittal and transverse approaches) Erector spinae plane block (sagittal and transverse approaches) Intertransverse process block (including the MTP block) Superficial parasternal intercostal plane block (pecto-intercostal fascial block) Deep parasternal intercostal plane block (transversus thoracis plane block) Rectus sheath block Deep rectus sheath (preperitoneal) block Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block: lateral and posterior approaches Subcostal (oblique subcostal) TAP block TAPA and modified TAPA (M-TAPA) block External oblique intercostal (fascial plane) block Ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerve block Transversalis fascia plane block Quadratus lumborum blocks (lateral, posterior and anterior) Sacral erector spinae plane block (sacral multifidus plane block) Dorsal nerve of penis block Pudendal nerve block Genitofemoral nerve block Cluneal nerve block: superior and middle cluneal nerves Spinal anaesthesia (subarachnoid block) Lumbar epidural Thoracic epidural Combined spinal-epidural (CSE) Caudal epidural block
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