Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Advance Access originally published online on August 22, 2005
Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain 2005 5(5):166-170; doi:10.1093/bjaceaccp/mki044
Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain | Volume 5 Number 5 2005 © The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia [2005]. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org
Distal nerve blocks of the lower limb
A Kopka, MD FRCA, Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia
Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, G12 0YN
MG Serpell, MB ChB FRCA, Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Anaesthesia
Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, G12 0YN
Tel: 01412 112069, Fax: 01412 113161, E-mail: mgserpell{at}cheerful.com (for correspondence)
This article describes the distal nerve blocks which are useful for ankle (popliteal and saphenous nerve block) and foot (ankle block) surgery. Metatarsal nerve blocks, i.v. regional anaesthesia (Bier's block) and local anaesthetic infiltration for arthroscopy are not considered.

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